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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

WOODROW WILSON
President of the United States

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NEWTON D. BAKER

Secretary of War

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GENERAL PEYTON C. MARCH
Chief of Staff, U. S. A.

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GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING
Commanding General, A. E. F.

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BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE H. ESTES
Commanding 18th Division

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THE COMMANDING GENERAL

BRIGADIER -GENERAL GEORGE HENSON
ESTES came to Camp Travis to command the
Thirty-fifth Infantry Brigade of the Eighteenth
Division, but upon his arrival he was placed in command
of the division and of the camp. In that capacity he
directed the swift organization and the equally swift
training throughout the memorable days when the pros-
pect of overseas service was a constant stimulus to com-
manding officer and rear rank private.

His previous military experience had been varied and
distinguished, both in an executive capacity and in the
field under fire. He came to the Cactus Division from
General Staff duty at Washington, where he had organ-
ized and directed the Statistics Branch of the General
Staff, and served as War Department representative on
the Requirements Division of the War Industries Board.
He saw active s'ervice in Cuba, and was twice cited for
distinguished conduct in action in the Philippines.

General Estes was bom in Eufaula, Ala., January 30,
1873. He was graduated from the U. S. Military Acad-
emy, West Point, N. Y., in 1894, and was assigned as
second lieutenant. Twentieth Infantry, which he joined at
Fort Buford, North Dakota.

He accompanied this regiment to Cuba and partici-
pated with it in the campaign resulting in the surrender
of the Spanish Army at Santiago, July 17, 1898. He was
recommended by his regimental commander for a brevet
as captain.

Shortly after returning from Cuba he accompanied the
Twentieth Infantry, in which he had now been promoted
first lieutenant, to the Philippine Islands, arriving there
March 1, 1899. He served with the regiment in various
parts of the Islands until February, 1902, when it returned
to the United States. Meanwhile he had been promoted
captain.

He received the commendation of the division com-
mander for conduct in the engagement at Mt. Maquiling,
August 27, 1901, and of his brigade and division com-
manders for conduct at Caloocan, Batangas, December
21, 1901. After only eighteen months in the United
States, he returned to the Philippines, leaving San Fran-

cisco December 1, 1903. Having served in Luzon and
in Mindanao as a company commander and on the regi-
mental staff, he returned to the United States with his
regiment in March, 1906, and was stationed at the Presidio
of Monterey, California, until he again went to the Phil-
ippines in June, 1909. He was stationed in Manila on
regimental staff duty until August, 1910, when his tour
of duty as adjutant expired, and he was assigned to a
company of the Twentieth Infantry at Fort Shafter,
Honolulu, H. T., August, 1910.

Having been detailed in the Subsistence Department,
on December 1, 1910, he proceeded to the United States,
and after a course at the School for Bakers and Cooks,
at Fort Riley, Kansas, was with the infantry division,
organized at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March, 1911, as
a division staff oflScer. This division never reached Mex-
ico, but was demobilized, and shortly after Captain Estes
was assigned to duty as Quartermaster and Commissary
of Cadets and Treasurer, U. S. M. A., West Point, N. Y.

He was relieved by operation of the "Manchu" law,
December, 1912, and joined his old regiment, the Twen-
tieth Infantry, at Salt Lake City. In November, 1913,
the regiment was ordered to the Mexican border for duty,
and was stationed at El Paso, Texas. He was on duty
as executive officer of the Mexican Internment Camp of
five thousand odd Mexican officers and soldiers and their
families who had been driven across the Rio Grande by
Villa at Ojinago. This camp was established at Fort
Bliss, Texas, first, and afterward moved to Fort Wingate,
New Mexico. In September, 1914, the camp was broken
up and the prisoners returned to Mexico.

Shortly after this. Captain Estes went back to his
former detail at West Point and served there until sum-
mer of 1917. He was promoted Major, July 1, 1916, and
on August 5, 1917, Colonel of Infantry, National Army,
and assigned to the Seventy-sixth Division, Camp Devens,
Mass. He served with this division during its training
period until January 25, 1918, when he was detailed on
the General Staff and ordered to Washington for duty in
the office of the Chief of Staff. He was appointed Briga-
dier-General, U. S. Army, August 8, 1918.

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CAMP TRAVIS— MOTHER OF ARMIES

SHOULD the spirits of the brave men of the Alamo be watching over the state made secure and safe to humanity
by their sorrows and sacrifices and deaths; should they be able to follow the events of the nation for which they
made possible the largest commonwealth of its union, their spirits must follow with pride, mingled, perhaps, with
a certain wistfulness, the naming of Camp Travis, Texas, after their immortal leader. Colonel William B. Travis, who
died with David Crockett, Colonel Bowie and their seven score men in the defense of liberty and justice in 1836.

The defense of the Alamo, where one hundred and forty-five Texas riflemen outfought and held at bay for ten
days six thousand Mexican soldiers under the command of General Santa Anna, has made their name and memories
live and brighten as the years bring a fuller realization of their contribution to the progress of American civiUzation.

Many of the thousands of hard fighting American men who were drilled and trained and schooled at Camp Travis,
received a new inspiration of patriotism and devotion to their country by their nearness to these scenes of the events
of the nation's past. They went forward to the European battlefields with brighter eyes, firmer steps and quickened
hearts, determined to sustain those noble traditions made sacred by the burdens borne in Freedom's Gethsemane.

The historic setting of Camp Travis is enhanced by its proximity to Fort Sam Houston, named after the famous
fighting first President of the Republic of Texas, who defeated the Mexican Army and avenged the butchering of the
men of the Alamo.

These men — Houston and Travis — close friends in life, courageous leaders for the vanguard of America's early
struggle for world democracy, are linked inseparably in death by the names so wisely and generously bestowed by the
War Department of the United States of America.

Every man who has trained at this camp, and who has learned the real spirit behind its name, will live on in the
light of Colonel Travis' love for humanity and justice. It will, for them, grow brighter and brighter, year by year,
even into the perfect day. They will understand more fully and teach at home its doctrines more willingly — the spirit
of these mighty dead:

"Thermopylae had its messenger of defeat, but the Alamo had none."

The history of Camp Travis begins with the battle of
the old Alamo Mission, which' still stands in the heart of
the city of San Antonio, Texas. Toward the end of this
ten-day fight, when the ammunition was almost exhausted,
and it became evident that relief could not reach the
Alamo in time. Colonel Travis called for volunteers to
defend the Alamo to the death. A line was drawn across
the ground, and the volunteers were directed to step across
this line. Every man responded, including the famous
David Crockett. Colonel James Bowie, the second in
command, who was confined to his bed by illness, directed
that he be carried across the line with the rest.

The Mexicans, under General Santa Anna, assaulted
the Alamo time after time only to be driven back by the
Texas riflemen, whose accurate fire piled up sixteen hun-
dred enemy dead. Finally, the Mexicans carried the
fortress by storm and a hand-to-hand battle ensued, which
lasted until every man of the defenders was killed. The
stubborn resistence offered by the Texans disorganized
the Mexican Army to such an extent that it delayed its
progress sufficiently to enable General Sam Houston to
gather an army of Texans which met the Mexican Army
on the field of San Jacinto, and the part not utterly de-
stroyed was captured, including General Santa Anna, its
commander.

After the Republic of Texas became a part of the
Union, United States forces were stationed at San An-
tonio, and a military post has been maintained almost
continuously. First in the center of the city where the
Gunter Hotel now stands, and later from 1865 on, at the
present site of Fort Sam Houston. At the close of the
Mexican War, Colonel U. S. Grant and Colonel Robert
E. Lee, officers of the U. S. Army, were both stationed in
San Antonio.

Fort Sam Houston, as originally purchased, covered an
area of 584.11 acres, and its stone quadrangle has been
the center of military activities in the southwest for over
a half century, standing as an immortal monument to the
courage of American frontiersmen. Most of the officers
who have won distinction in the American army have
been its occupants at one time or another, and the famous
Geronimo, the Apache chieftain, was once a prisoner
within its walls.

Fort Sam Houston is situated in a strategic position,
having rail and road communication to the Gulf of Mex-

ico, the Rio Grande border and the west, making it the
natural p)oint for the mobilization of troops in the south-
west when danger threatens. Upward of one hundred
and forty acres, lying immediately north of Fort Sam
Houston, was later purchased by a fund obtained chiefly
by subscription from prominent citizens of San Antonio,
Texas, and was presented to the Government as an addi-
tion to the reservation.

In 1911, a large part of the Regular Army was mobilized
at Fort Sam Houston, and as there was not sufficient land
owned by the Government to accommodate the troops, an
additional area northeast of the post was leased from its
owner, Mr. George W. Brackenridge, and a tent camp
sprung up. This tract of land, consisting of 1,179 acres,
was later purchased by the Government. The land so
purchased formed the nucleus of the area now occupied
by Camp Travis. In 1918, the first citizens' training
camp in the south was established on this land, in the
section immediately east of the permanent army post.
This camp was known as Camp Wilson.

The late General Frederick Funston was then com-
mander of the Southern Department, and the depart-
ment quartermaster was Colonel Harry A. Rogers, later
the quartermaster-general of the American Expeditionary
Forces in France. Before the first citizens' training camp
had closed, threatening conditions in Mexico caused a
second concentration of troops at Fort Sam Houston, and
a provisional division formed from Regular Army and
National Guard regiments, camped on the land northeast
of the citizens' training camp. The necessity for increased
area suitable for military purposes was apparent, and
under the direction of General Funston and Colonel
Rogers, negotiations were opened for land between the
government reservation and the Salado Creek as far north
as the Remount Station, which was at that time one of
the first aviation training schools in the United States.
At the same time negotiations were opened for additional
land between the military reservation at Leon Springs and
Fort Sam Houston, in order to provide sufficient area for
target ranges and manoeuver grounds.

After the death of General Funston, General John J.
Pershing succeeded him to the command at Fort Sam
Houston, and under his direction and the direction of his
successors, the acquisition of additional lands, the neces-
sity for which was demonstrated by future events, was

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continued. The purchase of the lands between Fort Sam
Houston and the Salado Creek, consisting of about four-
teen hundred acres, was finally accom]>lished about the
time diplomatic relations between the United States and
Germany were broken. Immediately after the declara-
tion of war in April, 1917, the United States Government
decided to use San Antonio, Texas, as one of the great
concentration, mobilization and training points.

Tentative plans for the construction of a cantonment
on the government lands, adjacent to the army post, had
already been prepared at Fort Sam Houston, and when
the necessity for immediate action arose, these plans were
modified to fit existing conditions. Colonel E. T. Hart-
man, later commander of the 357th Infantry, Ninetieth
Division, was in immediate charge of this work. Mr.
George H. Kessler, city plan engineer of St. Louis and
Kansas City, who had volunteered his services to the
Government, was immediately called to Fort Sam Hous-
ton to assist in the planning of the camp. Mr. Kessler
was assisted in laying out the details of water supply and
distribution, and the installation of a suitable and ade-
quate sewer system, by Mr. John B. Hawley, of Fort
Worth, Texas, later major of engineers with the Ameri-
can Expeditionary Forces in France. The San Antonio
Water Supply Co. furnished a pure and bountiful water
supply from its wells at Brackenridge Park, and the San
Antonio Public Service Company provided the electricity
for the power and light at the camp over transmission
lines constructed from the center of the city. The city
of San Antonio made provision in its sewer system for the
satisfactory handling of the sewage disposal of the camp.

Lieutenant Colonel W. E. Thome was appointed con-
structing quartermaster ; his civilian engineer assistant was
E. W. Noyes. The actual construction of the camp was
contracted to Stone & Webster, engineers of Boston, Mass.
A railroad system connecting with both the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas and Southern Pacific roads was built

throughout the camp so that material could be delivered
directly on the ground for centralized distribution to
points where it was needed. Thousands of men were em-
ployed in the camp construction, and the work was expe-
dited in every possible manner, with the result that the
camp was ready for occupancy by the time the first troops
of the National Army began to arrive in September, 1917.
The camp as completed is one of the best cantonments
in the United States and also one of the lowest in cost to
the Government.

The first camp commander was Major-General Henry
T. Allen. Under his direction, the Ninetieth Division
was formed and trained. This division, later to become
famous for its fighting record on the Western Front, was
composed mainly of troops from Texas and Oklahoma.

The target range at Camp Bullis, said to be one of the
finest in the United States, was located and constructed
by direction of General Allen, and under the supervision
of Major John G. Winter. An area of 4,000 acres east
of Salado Creek was leased and used for instruction and
drill in trench warfare and for manocuvers in the open.

During the time the Ninetieth Division occupied Camp
Travis, thousands of men were trained and sent forward
individually and in detachments from the Depot Brigade
to fill up organizations in other camps and for overseas
service. In the early summer of 1918, the Ninetieth
Division left for the front. The concentration of men for
the army continued at Camp Travis throughout the sum-
mer, and on August 22, 1918, there began the formation
of the Eighteenth Division under the command of Briga-
dier-General George H. Estes.

When the history of the great war against Germany
and her allies is written. Camp Travis will not suffer by
comparison with other camps in its contribution to the
nation's part in a glorious victory that brought the
brighter dawning of a better day for the humanity of
the world.

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WHILE Camp Travis has been rated as a leader in
constructive work along all lines of military prog-
ress, there are several in which its excellence was
so remarkable that the army as a whole was glad to adopt
its plans as a standard. Orders were promulgated to this
effect by the War Department and only demobilization,
incident to the close of the war, prevented a full fruition
of the camp's triumph.

This was particularly true with regard to the receiving
station plan which was designed with great cleverness to
handle the drafted men with the minimum of incon-
venience to themselves and the maximum of efficiency to
the government, at the same time taking care of their sur-
plus civilian clothing and equipment in a manner which
would insure its safe delivery at their homes in the shortest
possible time. The plan was the product of the brain of
Major Luther Hoffman, camp personnel officer, and erf"-,
tailed the outlay of a building costing $70,000 and designed
to house a series of progressions through which the civilian
draftee would pass, complying in quick succession with all
the requirements of registration, classification, medical
examination, preparations for psychological and trade
tests, removal and despatch to homes by parcel-post of
surplus clothing, issue of uniform, and other equipment,
including arms and ordnance and quartermaster supplies—
in short taking in the raw draftee and turning him out a
soldier ready for drill.

.Another Camp Travis plan adopted by the army as a
model was the publicity plan designed and first operated
here by Captain Robert C. Lowry, division publicity

officer of the Ninetieth Division, and later appointed the
camp morale officer. This work was essentially practical
and brought the military and co-operating activities into
an intimate touch with the homes of the soldiers through
their country newspapers. Home folks heard regularly
through the medium of interesting personal news from
their boys and the friends of their boys, and were kept
informed constantly' as to the happenings of camp life in
all of its phases. Men were encouraged to write letters to
their home papers to which were appended news of groups
of men from certain counties which these papers ser\-ed
and whose readers were the mothers, fathers and sweet-
hearts of the soldiers. Fully eleven hundred newspapers
in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico were thus
served, not to mention the newspapers of the larger cities.
The service was a distinctive aid to morale and, as such,
received the commendation of the War Department.

A third plan was that of the amusement section which
served to coordinate the entertainment personnel of the
camp and kept it so organized that there was never a time
when the camp amusement director, Wade Boteler, was
not able to provide programs for the Y. M. C. A. or any
other of the camp activities. During periods of stress this
plan was so well in hand that troupes of entertainers,
carrj'ing their properties and an impromptu stage on a
truck, were able to give five and six shows a night to cheer
up the sick and despondent. During ordinary times these
company entertainers were listed and card indexed, so
that they were always available and could give shows at
four or five buildings of different activities any night.

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A Study in Geography

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THE SPIRIT OF THE YANKS

T Chateau Thierry, the Meuse, the Marne, the
Argonne, is written in flaming letters the story
of how the Yankee lads played the greatest game
of all. There they will burn throughout the
years, a warning to the future seeker after world empire, if
there be such, that he cannot disregard the fighting temper
of America when he issues combat orders for Armageddon.

A grateful people will hallow forever the memory of those
gallant souls who came from hill and prairie, from
crowded street and quiet lane, to beat the Hun at the
game he had been learning expertly for half a hundred
years. Not her riches, not her broad lands and great
industries, but the invincible gay spirit of her men was
America's greatest gift to final victory.

They learned the game quickly, and played it well. They
played it in trench and camp, in billet and battle with an
abandon that was at once the despair and admiration of
their allies. They played to win — and they did win.

The men of Chateau Thierry and the Argonne are the
glory of America forever; but behind them, in the camps
at home, thousands of the same breed waited to take their
places in dugout and shell hole. This book is largely a
story of men who didn't get to the front. All good
soldiers will salute them. Their's, too, was the spirit
of Chateau Thierry; they, too, played the game, and
played it well.

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A SPECIALIST IN DISCIPLINE

A Talk With Colonel Coughlan on a Familiar Theme

EVERY officer of the Regular Army who prepared in
time of peace for the great responsibiUties of war,
was a specialist. He had a hobby — hippology,
equipment, ballistics — and rode it zealously. Colonel
Timothy M. Coughlan, Cavalry, U. S. A., was a specialist,
among other things, in discipline. Not the discipline
that manifested itself in German Schrechlicheit, but a
smart, clicking spirit of soldierlily obedience that would, if
properly understood and applied,
make an army efficient in peace,
efficient and irresistible in war.

During the early summer of 1918,
Colonel Coughlan was assigned to
the 165th Depot Brigade, Camp
Travis, in command of the 7th
Group. Later he was appointed
camp executive officer, one of the
emergency offices created by the
pressure of war. In the latter capac-
ity it was his duty to perform the
routine of the camp commander, an
elastic assignment which could be
stretched to include all the duties
of the camp commander in his
absence.

It is, however, as the exponent of
a conscientious observance of the reg-
ulations covering military courtesy
and discipline that Colonel Coughlan
will be remembered best by the
officers and men of Camp Travis
and the Cactus Division. He will
be particularly well remembered by
those occasional soldiers who made
the mistake of assuming that a
certain slight, youthful appearing soldier who wore eagles
on his shoulder straps wasn't greatly interested in the
manner in which they discharged their military
duties.

"I can't get away from it," the Colonel explained. "I
can't let any man pass who fails to observe the rules for
military courtesy. Only a few minutes ago, I looked out
of my window and saw an enlisted man salute an officer
promptly, and I saw the officer return it with a flourish of a
newspaper. I sent out for that young man and had him
report to me," he added with a crisp smile.

"If I am deeply interested in discipline, it is because I
know that without it there is no Army." General
Pershing's first cry was for disciplined men, trained by the
methods that have made West Point the finest military
school in the world. When we were figuring on coming
into the war, the Germans did not fear our entrance at all.
They said: "Don't worry about them, because America
is a democracy and a democracy could never attain the
standard of discipline required by modern war." Well,
their opinion was well-founded, because the American
nation would not accept a discipline founded on brutish-

TIMOTHY M. COUGHLAN
Colonel, Cavalry, U.S..\.

ness and force. But we have a discipline that is and
should be superior to the German brand, because it
is founded on pride and respect.

"To a great many outside the army, the word dis-
cipline stands for punishment. This interpretation is
simply due to ignorance and the general American
lack of knowledge of things military, exemplified fre-
quently by the mistaking of an army or navy officer for
a 'bellhop' or the advance
agent of a circus. The word
should, however, be a sign of
dread to the lawless, the wilful, the
extravagant and the corrupt.

"The outward signs of our dis-
cipline are courtesy and respect from
the enlisted man toward the officer,
and from the officer to the enlisted
man. If we are going to have proper
discipline, we must attend to the
courtesies and customs of the service,
and every man and every officer
must make it his business to correct
every irregularity that he finds in his
travels and in camp. Considering
the length of their service and
previous experience, both in mili-
tary and civil life, I think our
young officers have shown a good
grasp of the spirit of discipline. As
for our men, we feel that they will
be there when the moment arrives,
but we can't feel sure unless
they're disciplined. It takes every-
thing a man has to go forward on a
modern battlefield."
Colonel Coughlan's previous military experiences date back
to 1895 when he was a cadet at West Point. He
returned to civil life in 1896, but the outbreak of the Span-
ish-American war called him to the army again, and he
served first as first sergeant of Company "A" 201st New
York Volunteers, Infantry, and later as second lieutenant
of the same regiment. Since that time he has not been
separated from the service.

He was commissioned a second lieutenant of cavalry
in February, 1901, and has since served in that branch
of the service. He served three tours of duty in the
Philippines, the first tour during the insurrection.
During his second tour, 1904-1906, he served six
months in the field against the Ladrones in Cavite
Province. He served in Cuba in 1901-02, and was on
the Mexican border when the United States entered
the world war.

He was a captain in the First Cavalry when the war
began, received his majority in August, 1917, was pro-
moted lieutenant-colonel in December the same year
and received his eagles four days before the signing
of the armistice.

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

THE BRAIN CENTER

Camp Was City Within a City, and Each Functioned Separately

AVAST quadrilateral of tents and barracks, a city
within a city, such was the Cactus Division at Camp
Travis in its relation to the organization of the camp
proper. The city of the camp was the one of permanence;
the city of the Eighteenth Division was the city of the
march and the field, here to-day, gone to-morrow, at the
beck of the War Department. Each city had its adminis-
trative department which was its brain center, its focus of
operations. The brain center of the camp headquarters
headed the permanent body military, while the division
headquarters with the commanding general and his staff
was the force which co-ordinated all the activities of the
divisional organization.

Each of these organizations functioned alike. Each had
its separate work to do and in its doing the whole was inter-
woven so as to accomplish results in
the most harmonious fashion. Each
was a complete entity, the division
being so arranged that it could move
at a moment's notice and re-establish
itself with all of its various depart-
ments at its next temporary abiding
place. The camp organization was
the utilitarian body which provided
the camp conveniences and requi-
sites for whatever division, or other
military body, might tenant its bar-
racks or quarters and at the same
time provide for administrative and
executive functions within itself.

In its scheme of organization the
camp headquarters was responsible
for the administration of the Depot
Brigade, the Base Hospital, the Quar-
termaster Corps, the Utilities, the
School for Bakers and Cooks, the
Camp Exchange, the Motor Trans-
port Corps, the Ordnance Arma-
ment Company, the Ordnance
Dep)ot, the Liberty Theater, the
Hostess House, the Remount Station
and all other permanent factors of
Camp Travis life. Like a vast radio station whose anten-
nae are tuned to reach out into every section to catch the
sound-wave messages as they go hither and yon, so was
the camp headquarters the factor which touched every
human element of the cantonment, so that practically
everything which transpired found its way, sooner or later,
through some of the channels of the camp organization
proper. It had under its supervision all of the millions
in property and buildings which the government provided
as a training quarters for the men who were designed to
make up the divisional units which were prepared for for-
eign service in war time. The pressure of war was respon-
sible for the creation of the office of camp executive officer.
When the War Department created this new office. Colo-
nel Timothy M. Coughlan was transferred to it from the
165th Depot Brigade.

Major James G. Houston, the assistant divisional ad-
jutant of the Cactus division, was the first camp adjutant,
serving as such imtil relieved as acting adjutant by Cap-
tain R. M. Breard, who was the immediate predecessor
of Major Clarence A. Short, who was assigned to duty as
camp adjutant on September 26, 1918, from Camp Meade,
where he was the adjutant of the Twenty-second Infantry
brigade. Major Short was for sixteen years prior to his
entrance into the army the instructor and professor of

CLARENCE A. SHORT
Major, Camp Adjutant

mathematics and engineering at the Delaware College and
was a major and inspector general on the Adjutant Gen-
eral's staff of Delaware for eight years. Captain F. M.
Dyer, assistant camp adjutant, was a graduate of the Leon
Springs officers training school from civil life and had
fifteen years' service in the Texas national guard. First
Lieut. G. E. Ewell was assistant to the camp adjutant.

Major Luther Hoffman, formerly a lawyer of Austin,
Texas, and a graduate of the Leon Springs training camp
was the first and only personnel adjutant of Camp Travis.
His assistants were Captain Harry Knight, liaison officer;
Captain Charles A. Martin, a former Waco, Texas school
teacher who handled incoming papers and transportation;
Captain Lyle Abbott, a Phoenix, Ariz., newspaper man
who was in charge of the vocational assignment section;
Captain William J. Miller, a CoUins-
ville, Texas, newspaper man who had
charge of the mustering out section;
First Lieut. Henry B. Rinsland, a
former teacher in charge of the trade
test section and liaison officer be-
tween the camp personnel adjutant's
department and the U. S. Depart-
ment of Labor and Merchant
Marine. Captain William T. Sain,
formerly a Nashville, Tennessee lum-
berman, had charge of the insurance
and allotment section and Captain
Royall M. Watkins, a Dallas lawyer,
was the camp war risk judge advo-
cate. First Lieut. Rupert W. Fow-
ler, Captain David Glickman, Second
Lieut. Robert A. Ellison, FirstLieut.
Charles A. Wagenseller and Lieut.
Cookingham were other officers of
the camp personnel adjutant's office.
Brigadier General George H. Estes
was the commanding general both of
the Eighteenth Division and of
Camp Travis. In its plan of organ-
ization the Cactus Division was pat-
terned after the system adopted from
the French general staff — that of classifying the work to
be accomplished into three groups, imder the general
direction of the chief-of- staff. Major John S. Wood was
the head of Group I, the administration and co-ordination
section, and Captain'j^Charles T. Estes, formerly the as-
sistant to the chief-of-staff, was his assistant. Under this
group came the offices of the division adjutant, Lieut.
Colonel Laurence W. Redington; Major James G. Hous-
ton, assistant division adjutant, and Captain Robert B.
Hollomon, assistant to the division adjutant. Also the
division judge advocate. Major Francis E. McGovern,
with Major James G. Roper, Ids assistant; the personnel
adjutant of the division. Captain Joseph H. Wilson, with
his assistant. First Lieut. George W. Glass, and all the
other departments of the "paper" branch of the army.
Under Group 2 which was the intelligence section,
headed by Major Frank V. Schneider with Major Eugene
C. Bryan as assistant, was handled all the details of com-
munication and channels of information. Group 3 was
the operations section and had to do with the handling of
the fighting man and his equipment in action. In that
group were to be found all the officers in charge of train-
ing the combat units and the preparation of the fighting
man for his duties on the field. Major Joseph S.
Leonard, a West Point graduate, was in charge of Group 3.

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THE WAR

Interview With Officers and Men IVho Fought the War This Side

of the Atlantic

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Bottom row — left to right
Capt. C. M. Barr
Capt. J. C. Kennedy
Major W. B. Tuttle
Capt. E. S. Armstrong
Capt. J. J. Connolly

OFFICERS, UTILITIES DETACHMEXT

Second row — left to light
2nd Lieut. Edward Stokes
2nd Lieut. E. S. .Alderman
2nd Lieut. J. J. Garvey
2nd Lieut \V. H. Nelson
2nd Lieut. M. L. Diver
2nd Lieut. G. H. Froebel

Top row — Left to right
1st Lieut. J. W. Wysi
1st Lieut. B. C. Dunlap
Ist Lieut. F. E. Laramey
1st Lieut. Denike
1st Lieut. H. O. Huber
2nd Lieut. J. S. Hogan

NO THRILLS-ONLY HARD WORK

But Camp Would Have Been Unpleasant Place Without the

Utilities Outfit

^N utilities organization in the Army is essentially
_r\ that of maintenance, repair and minor construction.
Its business is that of a public utility — to render
service — and its functioning is practically that of a muni-
cipal government, although its scope is much larger.

In a city government, each property owner takes care
of his particular property. In the army, the Utilities
looks after the maintenance and repair of all property,
including individual barracks, quarters, etc., which cor-
respond to the individual houses in a municipality, and in
addition, this detachment is responsible for the efficiency
of all the safeguards made necessary in a large community,
which is served by private companies with water, heat,
light and sanitary protection, and by the municipality
itself, with a fire department. In addition, too, the Utili-
ties is responsible for the building and maintenance of all
roads, which at Camp Travis aggregate thirty-two miles.

During the present world crisis, the Utilities worked full
steam ahead, meeting the daily emergencies, large and
small, in addition to the routine, and with labor which
was not always of the best. Its motto is: "Get the job
in hand done now, and keep everything working along
smoothly."

Soon after the war between the United States and
Germany started, Major W. B. Tuttle, at that time on
the Quartermaster's Advisory Board for the Southern
Department, was called to Fort Sam Houston and directed
to assist Major E. T. Hartman, now Colonel Hartman, of
the 357th Infantry, in preparing plans for the water supply

of a cantonment to be located on the land occupied by
Camp Wilson.

The Utilities work at Camp Travis, Te.xas, may be said
to have started at this point. The construction and oper-
ation of Utilities at Camp Travis was carried forward
by the constructing quartermaster, Lieutenant-Colonel
G. E. Thome, and later by the camp quartermaster,
Lieutenant-Colonel K. A. Hoffman. Captain J. J. Con-
ley, at that time a civil service employee, had charge of
the electric installation and operation, and Lieutenant
Ernest S. Alderman, at that time a civil service employee,
had charge of the construction of roads. Under Colonel
Hoffman the nucleus of a commissioned organization was
formed.

At the close of the first training camp held at Camp
Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas, the Government asked for
men to volunteer for service in the Quartermaster Corps.
No one volunteered as all the men in the training camp
wished to enter line organizations. The commanding of-
ficer thereupon stated to the cadets that the Government
needed Quartermaster officers, and that it was the duty
of someone to volunteer for this service, although an as-
signment to a line organization might seem preferable.
Among the second lieutenants who responded to the Com-
manding Officer's request were the present Utilities officers:
Captain E. S. Armstrong, First Lieutenant Frank E.
Laramey and First Lieutenant James W. Wyse. These
three officers were transferred to Camp Travis and later be-
came a part of the commissioned personnel of the Utilities.

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During the winter of 1917-18 the Utilities organization
labored under great difficulty on account of insufficient
Ijersonnel. Experienced men were not available to oper-
ate the heating plants, and, because of this, and because
of structural defects which resulted from the rapidity with
which the camp was constructed, many of the heating
plants at times were temporarily out of commission.
Additional boiler capacity had to be purchased and in-
stalled at the Base Hospital, and Captain Earl Eddleman
and Lieutenant Grey, of the camp quartermaster's organ-
ization, were of great assistance in expediting the pur-
chase of the necessary equipment. Great trouble was
experienced with the water pipes which froze up in the
biuldings during the unusual cold weather of the winter.
There were very few plumbers in the Utilities service, and
civiUan plumbers could not be obtained, and the greatest
difficulty was exf>erienced in making the necessary repairs.

Among other troubles that came up in the water system
was the destruction of fire plugs by auto trucks. At night
these plugs were frequently nm over and broken off at the
main; and between this and the freezing up, the plumbing
department was kept very busy. In addition to this a
great many of the fire plugs were turned the wrong way
on their base and had to be reversed.

Teams and equipment were not at first available for
road repairs and practically nothing was done in this line
until Lieutenant J. S. Denike was transferred from the
Railway Transportation Branch to the Utilities. Lieu-
tenant Denike secured teams and motor transportation
which had been used for hauling fuel, and which became
available at the end of the cold weather. Under his
direction, gravel was hauled and the necessary repairs
made to the roads.

In July, 1918, the War Department recognized the need
of increased persoimel in the Utilities work and author-
ized the strength of eleven officers and 409 enlisted men.
On August 7th, Major Frank E. Todd was ordered to
Camp Bowie to take charge of the Utilities organization
there, and on August 8th, Major W. B. Tuttle, who had,
at the request of the Construction Division, resigned the
command of the Second Texas Cavalry and entered the
National Army, arrived and took command of the Utili-
ties Detachment at Camp Travis. The new organization
prescribed by the War Department was at once put into
effect. The following sections were created:

1. Administrative

2. Electric light and power

3. Water and sewer

4. Buildings and shops

5. Heating

6. Roads

7. Pumping in Base Hospital

8. Refrigeration

9. Fire Department

Requisitions were inunediately put in for the author-
ized number of enlisted men and the appointment of addi-
tional suitable officers was recommended. The camp per-
sonnel adjutant and his assistants proceeded as rapidly
as possible with the transfer of enlisted men and co-oper-
ated fully with the UtiUties officer in this work.

New War Department orders were received entirely
separating the UtiUties Detachment from the camp quar-

termaster's organization and separate barracks were as-
signed to the Utilities men.

In the creation of a new and separate UtiUties Detach-
ment, fuU co-operation and great assistance were obtained
from Major Albert Lobitz, sub-depot quartermaster, and
from Captain Frank E. Wheeler, the camp property of-
ficer. The constructing quartermaster. Major F. G.
Chamberlain, also assisted the UtUities officer greatly by
lending a part of his motor transportation when a suffi-
cient number of trucks were not available for the Utilities
service.

Later, the Utilities officer, at Camp Travis, was directed
to take charge of minor construction and the operation of
mechanical units at Fort Sam Houston and Camp Stanley,
and the number of officers were increased to seventeen,
and an enlisted strength to 752 was authorized.

The history of the UtiUties supporting the fighting
units would not be complete without mention of the sacri-
fice to duty all of the Utilities men made, in foregoing
their opportunity for service overseas. Day by day they
heard the sharp commands to the Infantry, the dickety-
cUck of feet marching in unison to the music of the rattle
of their own equipment; the echoes from the booming
cannon of the artillery, dying away among the hiUs of
Camp BulUs, the clank of the scabbard and the thunder
of steeds as the cavalry units moved away on their man-
euvers, the hum of the Liberty motor overhead, making
its morning reconnaissance; the balloons hanging station-
ary hundreds of feet overhead, standing Uke silent senti-
nels watching over an army in its making — aU this was
the daily panorama at Camp Travis, which caUed loudly
for fighting service with the men moving out of camp.

Everywhere the hustle and movement of troops, the
bugle calls and drills, the din of war and the glad tidings
of orders for overseas service, when the best that is in a
fighting man responds with a glad heart to the oppor-
tunity of service for his country and humanity on the
battlefields of France. But the Utilities men had to do
their work at home.

The war against Germany was won by American morale.
Much of this morale of the men who were trained for the
line, together with their comfort and health, is due to this
detachment. How the UtUities kept the pace wth the
stupendous and incessant activities is a story of action,
the story of men who, eager to be sent to the Front, were
detaUed to buckle down to drudgery that has no thrUls.
They wrestled with figures, pored over charts and maps
and blueprints, pounded typewriters, installed suppUes and
equipment, speeded up shipments, and eternally continued
to grind and grind on the every-day work that their more
fortunate brothers might have their ffing at glory and
honor.

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A LETTER THE C. O. DIDN'T WHITE

Mrs. Kelly McNutt;

Kingfisher, Okla.,

My dear Mrs. McNutt: — In a few days your "gold-bricking" soldier mil receive
his hated discharge and start on his long walk home. He is returning many horrible quali-
ties of mind and body; which he always possessed and were further cultivated by him
in the military service. The army has done everything it can for him to remove these
malignent qualities, but has had no luck. It returns to you a hopeless case.

You have been an important member of that great army which goes to make us all
better soldiers. You can be of great help in keeping him in the back yard, away from the
saloons where\he belongs. The qualities he returns will be of absolutely no assistance to you
except in just having something around the house in case the dog goes for a stroll. And
in your hands rests the future Budweiser consumption in the town of Kingfisher.

His fare and necessary expenses have been paid to his home: he will receive and
have spent all pay due him; he will have to wear the "Same Old Linen" for at least
four months, after which they will be fumigated and returned. He will be forced to retain
his government insurance at the same low rate for five years, for your sake only. And I
heartily recommend that he be disposed of before that time is up.

As his commanding officer I am disgusted with him, he has not done his duty at all.
I, and his comrades, bid him go wliere the moon shines over the guard house on a stormy
night with great joy and wish him every succcess on his fiery way, that spot in every
man's heart that no other place can fill, will be dtdy appeased if a number ten is placed
in the proper expanse on his anatomy at the very acute psychological moment.

Yours with sympathy,

Bullius S. Guernsey, Commanding General,

joth "Ivory Plant" Training Army.

Tfiii (foof Had Weak LvncSi,
Bof Htarincf Him Snore,
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MANY SOLDIERS, MANY TYPES

War Made Strange Bunkies, But Army Made Them All Americans

THE soldiers of Camp Travis probably didn't differ
much from those of other cantonments, but daily
intercourse with the men revealed many inter-
esting characteristics and a wide variety of types. Here
were to be found soldiers from every State in the Union.
One was discovered from far off Alaska, where he was
prospecting when the world war began. He learned of
his country's entrance into the conflict a year after the
event, and hastened back through miles of ice and snow
to be ready should Uncle Sam need his services.

The soft drawl of the Southerner and the "ah" of the
typical Yankee were distinguished from the long vowel
sound of the central Northerner from Indiana — the gen-
uine Hoosier who
"reckons as how he
will soon get his
discharge, as the
folks need him back
yonder." His ver-
nacular is different
from his neighbor
from Ohio who
seems to des|?ise the
final "g," as he says:
"Yep, I'm goin'
home soon." The
Texas boy with his
"please, sir" inter-
ests the New York
East Sider who
doesn't understand
the Chesterfieldian
traits of the lanky
ranger, and he asks:
" Say, guy, where
do ya get that
'please, sir,' stuff.
'At's all right for

th' Cap or Loot, but I ain't wastin' 'at stuff on
ever'body."

There was a temperamental bugler who loved his art
and was a prominent member of a mule skinner's outfit.
His comrades said he "broke his arches blowing church
calls," whatever that means in the extraordinary dic-
tionary of soldier language. Again, always to the fore
in love and war or anything else that created excitement,
were the Irish born of the engineers. One day three of
them had their size eleven and a half shoes tandemed
across the road. A lieutenant who was watching them,
inquired: "What's the matter, Hogan, don't your shoes
fit?" "Yes, sir, I can make an about face and the toes
of me shoes will still be in the same place." Then there
was the stoical Indian who never had much to say, who
did his best to learn the drill and was especially inter-

IN QUARANTINE.

/ like the art of fighting atid the roar of belching guns,
I'd like to take my chance at slamming bullets at the Huns;
There's nothing makes me gladdtr than to be right on the scene,
But ain't the army hell and all when you're in quarantine.

When I signed up my papers (a "rookie" if you please).
And swore I'd hunt the Boches down when I got over seas,
I hoped to get one by the throat and vent my Yankee spleen —
But I can't kill no Fritzes when I'm stuck in quarantine.

Some sunny day ere very long I'll be drifting over there,
I'll make the bullets hum and jump and splatter through the air;
When'er a Boche drifts into sight, I'll leap to my machine,
And give but what in 'ells the use? I'm here in quarantine.

Guy C. Cr^vpple

ested in the part that appealed to his nature. The Mexi-
can was there and the Spanish-American. One couldn't
fail to find the boy from Chicago, who couldn't see any
good in the Texas climate because it was too monotonous.
Every city of Illinois, in his estimation, was a suburb of
Chi. Then there was the Detroiter who believed that if
it hadn't been for the flivvers the war would still be
raging. His process of reasoning is unknown.

The Southern negro and the colored man from the North
were alike only in color. Clothes did make the man with
them, and in uniform they stepped straight with pride and
a solemn smile, if such an expression is possible to a negro.
And how they loved music! One of them, working under

the watchful eye of
a white non-com
heard the Depot
Brigade band play-
ing a "blue" tune.
Work stopped im-
mediately, down
went the shovel.

"Corp'l,"hesaid,
"you can put me in
the guard house if
yo' want to, but ah
just must hear those
■ 'blues.'"

It is difficult to
understand the psy-
chology of the soldier
in the selection of
bunkies. Many were
teamed with entirely
different disposi-
tions, aspirations,
abilities, in fact,
paradoxical in all
ways; yet there
seems to be some mysterious attraction or affection
that draws them together and make them steadfast
friends, comrades-in-arms in the true sense of the word.
There was the uneducated lumberjack, the bunky
of the licentiate preacher; the cowboy with the bank
clerk; the newspaper man with the mule skinner;
the lawyer with the cook; the city born and reared
man with the farmer lad who had never been away from
home before. Friendships thus formed will endure
a life- time. In later years, when the veterans of the world's
war hold their annual reunions, as they surely will, there
will be many joyous occasions when these partners meet.
As the years pass and time shortens the spans of their lives
these partnerships will develop into a loving brotherhood
till taps is blown and they go to renew them in the great be-
yond, and to report personally tothe Commander-in-Chief.

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OFFICERS— CAMP SUPPLY OFFICE

Seated— Left to Right
2nd Lieut. Charles W. Ardery Major Gilbert H. Goosey
1st Lieut. Charles E. Richardson Capt. Frank D. Wheeler
Capt. Earl H. Eddleman Capt. Marsena M. Murray

Capt. John W. King 2nd Lieut. Paul M. Mohnkern

Major Albert Lobitz 2nd Lieut. Aloysius B. Bradley

Standing — Left to Right
2nd Lieut. William M. Gallagher 2nd Lieut. Foster_H. Bunkley
2nd Lieut. George Novich
2nd Lieut. Ben A. Ligon
2nd Lieut. George C. Garrison
2nd Lieut. John R. Galbraith

2nd Lieut. Oran R. Charlton
2nd Lieut. John Lightburn
2nd Lieut. Clyde V. Ford

BLOWING PAY CALL FOR AN ARMY

Quartermaster Paid, Fed and Equipped 175,000 Men Including

Two Complete Divisions

IT is the duty of the Quartermaster Corps to feed,
clothe, house, equip, transport, and pay the army.
The Quartermaster Corps at Camp Travis was or-
ganized in August, 1917, under the supervision of Cap-
tain, now Lieutenant-Colonel A. A. Hoffman, Q. M. Corps.
At his disjwsal was a small coterie of officers and civilians
with previous quartermaster experience, and such addi-
tional officers as he might need, to be selected from the
first Officers' Training School at Leon Springs, Texas.

Out of this nucleus an organization was developed that
was in position to take care of every need of the best
equipped soldier in the world, and from the very begin-
ning, accurately and without delay, furnished all supplies
required for the large army of men that passed through
Camp Travis on its way to the firing line. The results
accomplished may be estimated from the number of sol-
diers trained and equipped at this camp — one hundred
and seventy-five thousand — including two complete divi-
sions.

On June 11, 1918, Major Albert Lobitz, Q. M. Corps,
was made camp quartermaster, to succeed Lieutenant-
Colonel A. A. Hoffman. Prior to that time Major Lobitz
was personnel officer of the detachment, and to his lot
fell the duty of selecting a personnel to handle the work
of the quartermaster office. As camp quartermaster, his
was the hand that directed the work of the entire organi-
zation.

The office of the quartermaster was sub-divided into
five main branches, namely: Administration, Finance,
Property, Subsistence, and Transportation. In addition
to these, it included and had supervision of the Conser-

vation and Reclamation Division, the Camp Travis Laim-
dry, and the Liberty Theatre.

The Administration Section, as its name implies, super-
vised the work of all other branches, and it shares in the
credit due each and every one. Through the close co-
operation of its officers with the officers in charge of the
various other branches, this section was directly respon-
sible for the operation of the smooth running machine
that accomplished wonders in the handling and distribu-
tion of supplies for the army at Camp Travis.

In this particular office originated the contracts with
the public service corporations for services such as electric
current, gas, telephone, ice, etc., making Camp Travis a
true home for the soldier, with aU modern conveniences.

The scope of the Administration Section included the
furnishing of a personnel for the entire quartermaster de-
tachment. The efficiency of the organization was made
possible by the capable and conscientious men selected,
each according to his special training.

Since the establishment of the Finance Branch, Fimds
to the amount of $22,500,000 were expended through this
branch. Uncle Sam's huge pay roll at Camp Travis con-
tained the names of approximately 2,000 officers and 32,000
enhsted men per month, all of whom received their pay
promptly. Taking into consideration the amount of work
entailed by having to make deductions accoimt of allot-
ments, insurance, Liberty Bond payments, etc., too much
praise cannot be given this force of workers. In addition
to this, more than 3,000 vouchers were written each
month.

With four warehouses at its disposal, the Property

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Branch opened for business. Supplies rolled in by the
train-load; men arrived by the thousands. A system of
handling these materials and equipment had to be per-
fected, and time was limited. Let it be known that the
Property Branch held its own.

Out of the chaos grew an organization that was ever
ready when called upon to supply the demands of the
increasing number of men. Besides the permanent per-
sonnel of the camp, two complete divisions were equipped
with all the necessary requirements of a perfect unit.

Millions of dollars worth of supplies passed through
this office, and the Property Branch controlled a chain of
eighteen warehouses, with a storage space of approxi-
mately 212,000 square feet, filled with materials that
would inventory in excess of four millions of dollars.

The Fuel and Forage Office was under the supervision
of the Property Branch. All fuel and forage used by the
camp was supplied through this Office. In October, 1918,
the coal supply on hand reached approximately 16,000
tons, and in addition to this, about 3,000 cords of wood
were in the yards. More than 1,000,000 pounds of coal
have been issued to the camp in one day, of which 700,000
were delivered — to keep the camp fires burning.

The important task of feeding the army at Camp Travis
was the responsibility of the Subsistence Branch, which
commenced with the arrival of the first quota of men,
and that has steadily increased.

With one warehouse available, they soon realized that
additional space was necessary to take care of the enor-
mous supplies of food that were being daily received, and
consumed. They now have four warehouses in operation.

For a period of fourteen months, a total of 12,004,572
rations were issued by the commissary, the value of which
was nearly $5,500,000.

In August, 1918, an up-to-date refrigeration plant was
added to the Subsistence Branch, which placed it in posi-
tion to keep on hand practically everything necessary for
a complete ration.

The chief function of the Transportation Branch was to
furnish railway transportation for all troop movements in
and out of Camp Travis, as well as handling all freight.

Since the establishment of the Transportation Branch,
44,131 freight cars have been handled in and out of the
camp; but the principal achievement of this department
was the manner in which the movement of the Ninetieth
Division was expedited.

It required but seven days, from June 5 to June 12,
1918, to complete this work, better than schedule time.
The total number of men entrained was 921 officers and
23,937 enlisted men. Fifty passenger trains and two
freight trains were needed to handle the movement of
this division.

The Conservation and Reclamation Branch was organ-
ized in the early part of 1918, and consisted of the Laundry
and Repair Shop Section. In June, the activities of this
department were increased, by making provisions for the
renovation of shoes, clothing, hats, coats, etc. Salvaging
of waste materials was a large item, and produced an in-
come of approximately $11,978. The clothing repair shop
repaired 34,510 garments, and 44,501 shoes more repaired
by the shoe repair shop.

The Camp Printing Shop was under the supervision of
the Conservation and Reclamation Branch, and for the
several months did all of the printing work for the camp,
as well as considerable work for other camps.

With an initial investment of $225,000, the Camp Travis
Laundry was built, and began operation November 1,
1917.

At that time it was under the supervision of the Con-
servation and Reclamation Branch; after August, 1918,
the Laundry was operated as a separate organization, di-
rectly under the supervision of the Camp Quartermaster.

The laundry handled the work of officers and enlisted
men at Camp Travis; Kelly Field; Brooks Field; Q. M.
Mechanical Repair Shop No. 304; Reclamation Division;
Auxiliary Remount No. 329; Base Hospital, Camp Travis;
and post hospitals at Brooks Field and Camp John Wise;
handling a total of approximately 2,000,000 pieces per
month.

In connection with the laundry there was a dry clean-
ing plant for the cleaning of all woolen clothing, blankets
and comforts, etc., handling approximately 70,000 pieces
per month.

The laundry had about 425 civihan employees, and of
the 300 women employed, the majority were the wives
of soldiers, to whom preference was given. The average
monthly pay roll was $25,000.

Eighty thousand dollars was appropriated to cover the
running e.xpenses of the laundry for the first three months.
This amount was refunded from the earnings of the laun-
dry, leaving a substantial cash balance — proof that this
institution cleaned up in more respects than one.

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-They Washed 2,000,000 Pieces of Laundry Every Month

ALL LAID OUT LIKE A REGULAR TOWN

Camp Travis Has Regular City Names, Like ^' Foist" and "Thoid," For Its

Streets, Mac Tells His Pal Mickey

]% /|E DEAR MICKEY:

I Y I Just a few lines about me military career. Of
course, being acrost the foam on the Western
Front amidst the Big Fuss wit dose demons of der air fur
the past 8 months, ain't goin' ter make this very lively
chatter fur yer listeners ter register.

Annyhow, kid, here goes. This is sure some dump.
It's about the biggest boig that lots uf me pals ever threw
their lamps at. At that, fur size it gives anny of ole Man-
hattan's many suboibs some argument fur size stuff.

Over be one side of the camp is a boig we dubbed, Frog
Town. Yer kin cop anny ting frum a needle and spool uv
khaki tread to a 2nd. Louey's uni, wit a lot ov jitney graft
trown in on der side. Gee Mickey, it sointenly gets a guy
longin' ter take a slant at ole Coney Isle's Bowery.

Dis camp is all laid out like a regular town, asphalt
streets, electric glims and telephones and our barracks
would bring blushes uv envy to a lot uv tank town hotel
proprietors fur elegance. Got regular city names to der
streets, like Avenoo A and B, and Foist and Thoid Streets.
Scattered all over der camp is a flock uv K. uv C's. and
Y. M. C. A. hang outs fur der gang. Take it frum yer old
side kick, dey sointenly show us plenty uv speed-movies,
prize fights and dances and its us guys wot ain't ever
goin' ter furgit it either, fur dey sointenly quieted my
noives manys th' night.

Besides dese places is anuther wots got me number al-
right. It's called th' Hostess House and Mickey it's a 100
ter 1 shot. It's an orful swell shack, where all der skoits
meet dere guys in khaki and it always makes me tink uv
dose swell millionaires' cottages scattered along Long Island
Sound. Git me, wit vines and everything all around it.
Dandy place to trow der bull to yer queen, y'know.
It's run be th' Y. W. C. A., a mob uv nifty maids.

Well th' foist army honors I had slipped ter me wuz
being elected K. P. Gawd! I never knew dere wuz so
many dishes in th' woild. I gets in th' Mess Hall some-
time before daylight and stick around quite a few hours uv
th' night uv dat same day before th' chief squeeze lets me
back to me bunk to tear off me bunk fatigue.

The Mess Sergeant wot runs dis restaurant is sum hard
boiled egg — th' Top Kick and him run a dead heat fur
honors. Right after mornin' chow, he deals me a neat
car-load uv Moiphys ter peel. So me and anuther guy, a
bankers son, at that, put dis drill on until about 10:30
A.M. The banker's son is handed a new job, scrubbing
th' Mess Hall floors and tables, while I draws a young
forest of timber which I try vainly ter reduce to kindlin'
wood. Th' Mess Sergt finally peeps at me pile after
which I get time to slip th' nose bag on and trow me
feet under th' table fur noon chow wid th' rest uv th'
gang.

Yer should hav been givin' me th' oncet over th' other
day while on foot drill. Me Captain slips me a squad ter
drill. Fine!!l I takes 'em fur a ramble aroun' the parade
ground, marching ahead uv me squad, head way up in
the air, chin well up, when I give 'em "SQUADS LEFT"
and being so fussed up wit pride fur me squad I toins
Right and don't get ne.xt to me bull until I slip the squad
anuther command, TO THE REAR— MARCH. Dere
wuz me gang over be th' other end uv th' parade ground
doin' der bast to climb over der barracks. Nix on der
officer stuff fer mine Mickey. Giv me buck private in
der rear. Did I make a hit wit der Captain? Ast me?
I draws K. P. fur tree Sundays in succession.

It's a good ting fur you pal, that you don't have any
guard duty. You start in one afternoon and wind up th'
next. Two hours walking post and four sleeping, maybe.
Annyhow, while hanging around th' guard house the Com-
mander of the Guard put us over the jumps on our General
Orders. Y'know number eleven — "To salute all officers,
all Colors and standards not cased." Well the officer asts
us, "Wot der yer mean, by 'cased'?" Up pops a mug full
of info, and sezs, "When he is ridin' in an automobile."
No wonder we have woild wars, hey kiddo?

Well dear old pal, I'll have to chop me moans fur awhile.
Slip us some dope on yer air bold pals over there. Best
o'luck.

Yours

MAC."

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE

Personnel Officer Put Round Pegs in Round Holes and Invented

the Bull Pen

THE right man in the right place was the aim of all
personnel work in the army.
The necessity for personnel work is found in the
fact that the civil experience of soldiers had to be utilized
to the greatest possible extent in the army. In this
manner the necessity for educating men in the various
lines of military work after they were inducted, was
avoided. Full advantage was taken of their training in
civil life, and thus much lost time and motion was saved.

The personnel work, in its present scope, was organized
by Major Luther Hoffman, Adjutant General's Depart-
ment, U. S. Army. It found its beginning, however, in
the fall of 1917. In the early days an effort was made by
the personnel officer to ascertain the trades and professions
and their skill and proficiency therein of all enlisted men
then at Camp Travis. With this
index before him the personnel
officer was able in a measure to sup-
ply the needs of various units then
stationed in camp.

In June, 1918, the personnel
office and the personnel work were
completely reorganized, and a very
large volume of work not theretofore
attempted to be done by the per-
sonnel officer was taken over. The
office was divided into various sec-
tions, as follows: Receiving Section,
Mustering Section, Insurance and
Allotment Section, Vocational and
Assignment Section, Information
Section, Shipping Section, Trans-
portation Section, Discharge Sec-
tion and Trade Test Section.

Each of these sections of the per-
sonnel office had its particular work
cut out for it in such manner that
there was no overlapping of duties
performed by the various sections,
and when one section had completed
its particular duty pertaining to the
recruit, the responsibility of that
particular section ceased, and the responsibility of the next
succeeding section began. For instance, the Receiving
Section was charged with the duty of meeting the arriving
increments of inducted men at the railway stations, con-
ducting them to temporary quarters in camp, making a
proper check of the number of men arriving from each
local board, the local board forms brought into camp by
each increment, and generally looking after the comfort
and welfare of the new arrivals. The Receiving Section,
upon orders, turned the recruits over to the Mustering
Section, the responsibility of the Receiving Section there-
upon ceasing, and that of the Mustering Section beginning,
and so on through all of the processes necessary to absorb
the recruits into the army.

The Mustering Section was charged with the duty of
accomplishing the local board forms, the execution of the
service records, pay cards, and the keeping of proper ac-
counts with the local boards and the Provost Marshal
General. The Insurance and Allotment Section cared for
all Insurance and Allotment Applications, Claims for
Exemption from Compulsory Allotments, Delayed Allot-
ments, etc. The Information Section kept a card index,
corrected daily, of all officers and men in camp, showing
their duty and status.

MAJOR LUTHER HOFFMAN
Camp Personnel Officer

One of the most responsible and important sections of
the personnel office was that concerned with the vocational
assignment of soldiers. It was the duty of this section to
see that full advantage was taken of the civil experience
and training of the soldier, and that he was placed in the
army in such position that the full benefit might be had
by the Government of this civil experience and training.

In order to accomplish this the Vocational Assignment
Section maintained a card for each soldier, which contained
a complete history of the man, and showed in detail his
civil experience and his degree of proficiency therein. By
mechanical indexes all of this information was available
for instant use. In the preparation of these cards, called
soldier's qualification cards, a large board consisting of
approximately fifty men, who were expert in examining re-
cruits for their civil experience, was
maintained. These expert examiners
interviewed in person every recruit
arriving at Camp Travis, and filled
out a soldier's qualification card for
him.

In addition to the files in which
were kept the soldier's quahfication
cards, a group of approximately
forty men classified all of such cards
as were accomplished by the Exam-
ining Board, and picked out from
the information contained on these
cards, under the direction of the per-
sonnel adjutant and his assistants,
soldiers who were needed for such
military duty as their civil experi-
ence best qualified them. In this
manner there was not only a card
index for all soldiers in camp but a
card index for the qualifications of
all such soldiers. The same section of
the personnel office maintained a file
of qualification cards for officers, and
assignment was of officers made in a
large measure from the information
gleaned from the qualification cards.
The Shipping Section concerned itself with the prepara-
tion of men for shipment out of camp, such as their final
medical examination, the inspection of their military
records, and such other matters as pertained to the de-
parture of the men. The Transportation Section was
charged with the duty of securing railway transportation.
The Discharge Section accomplished the payment and
discharge of men who were rejected by the medical
examiners.

The Trade Test Section was designed to require a prac-
ticable demonstration of what the soldier claimed he could
do in a large number of mechanical lines which are essential
in the army. Upon the arrival of the soldier in camp
there was ffiled out for him a soldier's qualification card,
and his statement of what he could do and how well he
could do it was placed on this card. In the Trade Test
Section the soldier was required to show by actual per-
formance whether or not he could live up to his own
statement of his experience and ability. In this manner
not only did the army have the advantage of the soldier's
own statement of his qualifications, but an accurate test
was made of them, and the possibiUty of placing a man in a
responsible position that he was unable to fill, was avoided.
Another interesting phase of the personnel work was

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

VICTORY FEET

that carried on at the recruit examination building. The
recruit entered this building in his civilian attire, and
armed only with his local board forms. He was disrobed,
given a bath, his physical examination was completed, all
of his military records were accomplished; he was com-
pletely clothed and outfitted, and assigned to his per-
manent organization in the space of an hour. By con-
centrating all of the work which related to absorbing a
soldier into the army, at a central point, a very large
amount of lost time and motion was saved. Between
fifteen and eighteen hundred men could be taken care of
in a day's work of six and one-half hours. All of the men
who were found physically deficient or incapable of mih-
tary duty were paid off, discharged, and started back to
their homes within a few hours after reaching camp.

Under the method of receiving recruits, in operation
prior to the adoption by the present personnel office of
this plan of absorbing men into the army, men who were
to be discharged were retained in the camp for weeks and
sometimes months before they could finally be paid off
and returned to their homes. Furthermore, it was found
by immediately examining and equipping recruits, they
were much more contented, and went into the orders and
habits of a soldier much more rapidly than formerly.
Hence, the new plan not only saved a great deal of lost
time and money, but had a direct bearing upwn morale.

It is interesting to note that at the conference of the
personnel adjutants in Washington, the essential features

of the method of receiving recruits in vogue at Camp
Travis were adopted for all camps, and this system was
under process of being installed in all of the larger camps
and cantonments at the time the armistice was signed.

The Personnel Ofiice at Camp Travis at one time and
another maintained various schools for the training of
enlisted men as stenographers, company clerks, etc. g|It
was frequently found that soldiers had had some experience
as typists and stenographers, but for one reason or another
had given up this work. By placing such men in schools
and giving them a short intensive course, this latent ability
was revived, and used in behalf of the army. A school of
the Personnel Office itself was maintained continuously,
in which enlisted men were taught the various phases of
personnel work, and were utilized when and where needed.
In this manner Camp Travis has furnished a number of
skilled personnel men to other camps.

At Camp Travis the enUsted men in the Personnel Office
were organized into a detachment, called the Personnel De-
tachment. This detachment had its own quarters and its
own mess, held frequent dances and other social gatherings,
and in this manner built up an esprit de corps second to none.

After the signing of the armistice no other draft incre-
ments were received in camp, and the machinery developed
by the personnel adjutant and his assistants was converted
to the use of discharging officers and enlisted men, and
instead of converting civilians into soldiers, it converted
soldiers into civilians.

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

REGGIE TOURS THE BULL PEN

'his selective service law certainly selected some
rare specimens for the life militaire," said the
sergeant, as he lighted his Swamp Root cigarette
and deposited his shoes, field service, size 11>2, on his
bunkie's blanket. "Yes, sir, some queer birds blew into
this here army by the 'bull pen' route. I am reminded
of one in particular, one of those Reggies one sees very
effectively tailored to cater to the feminine trade back
home in our best department stores. You get me —
one of those lingerie salesmen.

"This same Reggie blew into
camp with a regular line of cus-
tom tailored habiliments, a nifty
sartorial creation of the gayest
Newport flannels that have never
got nearer Newport than Brighton
Beach; a Knox sailor, silk shirt
of rarest tints, a delicate cerise
result in neckwear, with hose to
match, and footwear that would
agonize the average male foot
even to stand beside.

"Well, this rugged candidate
for the shock troops, after a night
o f somnambulistic imaginings
only possible after a first night
in an army bunk, was ordered to
report at seven bells next morn-
ing at the bull pen, in company
with several hundred of us who
had come in on the same train.

"Reggie got his first shock
when we were ordered to peel
off. He was a bit reluctant at
first, until a rather rough speci-
men of sergeant from the pill
roller battalion got after him.
'Peel 'em off, kid,' says the
sergeant. 'You're perfectly safe,
around here.' And Reggie peels,

nothin' but men
blushing furiously,
and slips into line with the rest of the boys.

"The first thing he encountered was a thorough exam-
ination to determine if he had always led a circumspect
social life, which he passed instanter, being handed a
towel and a portion of perfumeless soap with directions
to take a bath. This diversion bucked him up consider-
able, for he edged a Texas cowpuncher out of line in his
scramble to get to the tubercular test. They slowed him
up here, for the most violent exercise he had taken in the
past few years was taking inventory or perhaps standing
in line at some of the better class of movie theatres.

" But the lieutenant finally passed him on with the rest
of us to take the jumps as ordered by the neuro-psychi-
atric exams. The T.B. test had been too much for Reggie,

it seems, for when the examiners quizzed him regarding
nervous exhaustion, fainting spells, heart palpitations, he
just blushed frightfully and could only articulate in faint
and girlish whispers. However, they sped him on even-
tually to the paddock to be weighed in. Imagine, if you
can, sixty inches in altitude, hitting the beam for 103
pounds, a chest expansion of an inch and a half, and a
major-general's monthly pay check invested in gold molars
and bicuspids. Reggie must of been a perfect wretch
for Huyler's creamy bonbons.
"Ever onward in our journey,
we next find him before the ortho-
pedic expert. Reggie's 'dogs'
were just fair, and he got a good
bawling out from the lieut. for
pinching 'em in his stylish point-
ed Regals. In our next chapter
we see him being tested for strains,
but as Reggie's severest physical
labor had been showing elaborate
ruffled stuff to fair maidens, he
just flew through.

" Then a rough non-com grabbed
his dainty mitts and placed them
on an old nasty board all glutted up
with mucky ink, and got his finger
prints. And did I say anything
about the tortoise shell glasses
he was wearing? No, well he had
'em on, big as searchlights; and
what did the horrid old examiners
do but give 20/20 in both orbs.
Well, he passed the heart specialists
with a few girl's throbs of excite-
ment and that concluded the trip.
He was O. K. and ready for his O.D.
"Horrors! Horrors! His uni-
form nearly broke his heart. 'Oh,
geranium,' says he, 'how can lever sleep in those nasty
damp trenches with such rough materials chafing me. And
those horrid shoes — I can almost pack my wardrobe in
them. Not breathing a word about my O. D. uniform; but
honest, the breeches were designed for some creature
about eight feet high, and I can't button my shirt and
blouse. My hat size is S^g and I drew a 7}{. Goodness
sakes. Oh, hell, I don't care. I'm a soldier now, but I'm
just frothing I'm that angry. I could just strike that
Crown Prince so he'd feel it.'

"And so another member of our invincible army was
recorded in the archives of the War Department. What
became of Reggie? Well, the last I heard of that swash-
buckling Hun-killer, he was getting intensive training in
that important branch of the service which is taught at
the School for Cooks and Bakers."

BobOodW

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. Capt. H. G. Walcott
. Capt. R. C. Early
. Capt. G. S. Milnes
. Capt. A. B. Middleton
. Capt. G. C. Lyons
. Capt. S. H. Leopold
. Capt. Q. J. Barker
. Capt. W. H. Guy
). Major R. K. Cole
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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

THEY FOUGHT THE FLU AND WON

Trench Warfare Sounds Like Pink Tea to Medical Men of the

Base Hospital

WE have fought the flu from every angle; chased land
subs; rolled pills, administered the inevitable
Epsom and picked rocks and cactus spines until
the horrors of trench warfare sound to us like a pink tea
given by the Ladies' Social and Literary Clubs of Hohokus.
We have tired of jobs and tired again; but through it all
we have manned the old boat and steered her through
epidemic and quarantine, hoping that as a reward for our
service we might some day be retired.

Unselfish and sacrificing service of an invaluable nature
has been performed by the medical men
and their assistants, many of whom left
important posts in civil life to take up
the army grind and contribute their
share to the winning of the war. In the
heart of every soldier and officer of the
camp there is a recognition of this ser-
vice, recognition succinctly expressed in
the following communcation from Briga-
dier General George H. Estes to Colonel
Irving W. Rand, Medical Corps, U. S.
A., commanding officer of the Base Hos-
pital:

"The epidemic of influenza has passed,
and at this time I wish to express to you
jjersonally, and through you, to the
Medical personnel, including officers,
nurses and enlisted men, engaged with
you in combating this terrible disease,
the thorough and earnest appreciation
and gratitude of every officer and man in
this camp for the services rendered. The
unflagging devotion to duty and the will-
ingness to work without regard to hours
or personal comfort, deserves the highest
praise, and the result, as shown in the
low mortality rate, is the real testimon-
ial to the character of the service ren-
dered, and should be a source of gratifica-
tion and pride to you as it is to us."

When the Government decided to bring
troops for training to San Antonio, and
to establish Camp Travis, due considera-
tion was given the plan of enlarging Base
Hospital No. 1 at Fort Sam Houston. It
was finally decided to build a separate
hospital to care for patients at Camp Travis.

Authority was given August 22, 1917, to build, and at
once the ground was made ready and the next day the
carpenters started to work. They fairly swarmed over
the place and the building resembled that of a western
dty springing up in a single night. Whole side walls
were put in place at one time. Another large force was
engaged in building roads, laying water mains and sewers.

Before the hospital quarters could be completed, owing
to congested conditions at Base Hospital No. 1, Fort Sam
Houston, the Base Hospital at Camp Travis opened for
patients November 9, 1917, using barracks on Sixth and
F Streets. By November 21, 1917, enough building were
completed so that the Hospital proper was opened at
Fourteenth and A Streets with Major William H. Smith,
M. C, commanding.

The buildings are of the so-called cottage plan and ar-
ranged so as to be of easy access by covered galleries.
The hospital has one of the most pleasing locations fxjs-

COL. IRVING W. RAND
Commanding Base Hospital

sible, being situated on a hill with a beautiful view of San
.\ntonio.

During December, 1917. a pneumonia epidemic pre-
vailed in the camp and taxed the hospital to capacity.

Colonel Irving W. Rand, M. C, reported as commanding
officer January 26, 1918, relieving Major William H.
Smith, who went to Asheville, North Carolina. In con-
C|uering the first camp epidemic Colonel Rand gave the
benefit of his vast experience and an administration of
efiiciency and justice which could not but fail to inspire
confidence and respect. Among the
medical officers assigned to duty were
Major Louis A. Greensfelder, chief of
surgery; Major J. H. Mayhew, chief of
medical service; Major Theo. Dorsett,
chief of eye, ear, nose and throat cUnic;
Captain Philip B. Matz, chief of labora-
tory; Lieut. R. C. Baumgarten, chief of
X-Ray laboratory and Captain William
H. Guy, chief of genito-urinary and skin
diseases. Lieut. Barney W. Fields, quar-
termaster detachment commander, and
his co-workers of the Base Hospital,
furnished quartermaster supplies, attend-
ed to all minor repairs and furnished
transportation. His office was taxed to
its fullest capacity during the influenza
epidemic and when anything was needed
Lieutant Herrin would say: "Go to the
phone and call Fields."

Major Marshall, chief of dental surg-
ery, and his staff relieved the boys from
many aches, and it has been a source of
satisfaction to have them connected with
the hospital.

Along with the organization of a Base
Hospital came the need of corps men
and Major R. K. Cole was placed as
commander of the detachment. The
original personnel has undergone many
changes by additions from Fort Riley,
Camp Greenleaf, and the source of ma-
terial for all branches — the 16oth Depot
Brigade. By subtraction were sent out
three different units: one a replacement
unit, another to form a hospital unit for
oversea service, and the last one to leave the Base Hos-
pital No. 150, which departed on the morning of
November 11 — in time to have one meal in their
new quarters before the armistice was signed. This
last organization has been scattered since leaving us;
sixty-five were returned, one hundred were sent to
Fort Bayard, New Mexico, while the remaining Non-
coms, Non-coms-elect with a few cooks and K. P.'s are
iuvaiting their return trip through the "bull pen" prior to
their discharge.

February, 1918, found Camp Travis in the throes of a
measles and mumps epidemic, which was handled with
credit to the hospital. During the spring and summer of
1918, in addition to caring for the acute sickness, the hos-
pital was devoted to repairing disabled men, making them
fit for army service.

The influenza epidemic which swept throughout the
United States, visited this camp in October, 1918, and the
Base Hospital personnel, increased to include all the doc-

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

tors and nurses available, with assignments of enlisted
men from the 165th Depot Brigade, worked day and night
in combating the
rapidly increasing
disease, which in
many cases devel-
oped into pneu-
monia, increasing
the burden to the
proportion of a
double epidemic.

Insufficient hos-
pital capacity hav-
ing been anticipat-
ed, company
barracks at Third
and F Streets were
converted into
temp)orary wards
and during the epi-
demic seventy-six
of these double
story buildings
were used. The
percentage of
mortality was

very low, a source of gratification
During its history, the Basej

OVERSEAS WARD
Men in this ward were wounded in action in France

to all concerned.
Hospital at Camp
Travis has treat-
ed more than
fifty thousand pa-
tients and in ad-
dition to caring
for the sick of
the camp, is
represented across
the seas by groups
of officers, nurses
and enUsted men
who received their
training here. Af-
ter the armistice
was signed the
hospital was re-
organized for re-
construction work
and the first
soldiers wounded
in action in
France were ad-
mitted [December
6, 1918.

THE BLOOM OF THE CACTUS

Imagine Camp Travis, or a War, Without a Corps of Nurses!

As the Eighteenth Di\'ision took its formation for its
symbol, the cactus, the blossoms of the plant were
formed by the nurses of the Base Hospital. Grace
and symmetry were thus added, and a cluster of buds grew
among the bayonets, which simulated the spines of the
prickly pear. Beauty and colorful effect was given to the
picture through the combination of the blue and red
against the dull white of the nurse's uniform, and the whole
typified the utilitarian purposes of the women whose noble
work has formed one of the outstanding factors in the
world war.

No narrative of the work at Camp Travis would be com-
plete without more than passing mention of the nurses
corps, the company which, though small, has contributed
so much to the comfort, welfare and health of the men in
uniform. And a prominent mention should be made of
the eighty-five courageous women who went from Camp
Tra\ds Base Hospital to the Western front to do their
part towards alle-
\iating suffering of
the wounded and
djdng and to brave
the terrors of im-
pending iU from
earth, sea and sky.
The men and offi-
cers of the heroic
Ninetieth did no
little towards add-
ing brilUancy to the
record of our tri-
umph over there,
and their part was
duplicated in the
service of the nurses '
corps which left
with the division.

The first nurses
to report for duty at

Camp Travis were three who took their stations at the
uncompleted Base Hospital buildings on November 30,
1917. Twenty-six others followed within a few days in
charge of Miss Amelia Goodine, as chief nurse, and on
January 1 twenty others were transferred from Fort Sam
Houston hospital to Camp Travis. At that time there
were but thirty-five wards, with an average of thirty-six
patients to the ward, and corps men nursed the patients.
With the coming of the nurses, the wards were transformed
from their crude state by the gentle touch and the kindly
word, and were beautified and made homelike, so that the
soldier when iU would not disUke to enter them.

As the camp grew, the Base Hospital increased propor-
tionately and the roll of nurses increased, so that by April
there were one hundred and twenty nurses and forty
wards. On April 16, Miss Goodine, the chief nurse, was
called overseas and Miss CaroUne Geiken promoted to her
station. Thus the nurse p)ersonnel was constantly chang-
ing as small details
were sent to France
and others took
their places. In
November, 1918,
the hospital had
an average of one
hundred and sixty
nurses and fifty-
eight wards with
nurses in ch^^ rge,
and the nurses'
quarters had been
increased from one
building to two
large buildings and
four barracks, al
buildings being
steam heated and
each nurse having
her 'own room.

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SPEAKING OF UNIFORM CHANGES

If the U. S. Adopts That Coat of Many Colors the Old Line

Sergeant Will Be Peeved

THE Major had just signalled "rest" to his battalion
on the field when an overseas sergeant and an old
line sergeant in one of the companies strolled over
to the edge of the parade for a smoke. Just as the old-
timer reached for the "makings" he stopped, his eyes got
big, and turning his companion around so that he too
might see, remarked:

"Well, I've been in this man's army twenty years now,
and seen service in the Islands, China, Cuba and Alaska,
but that's a new uniform on me."

The officer wearing the strange looking uniform stopped
and idly swinging his crop stood looking over the field
while the old sergeant continued.

"No," he muttered, as though talking to himself, "he
can't be an officer out of the 'Leathernecks' 'cause if he
was he'd be advertising with a band or a signboard.
He can't be French 'cause he hasn't got a mustache.
He can't be English or an Aviator 'cause he hasn't got
his hands in his pockets. He can't
be no Hun 'cause they wouldn't let
him be running loose. He ain't
no Belgian 'cause that ain't no
Belgian shield on his cap. He
ain't no Scotchman, 'cause he's got
on pants." Finally he burst out:
"Say, Sergeant, you've been over
there where they all congregate:
what is he?"

" Why that's one of our officers."

"Well, what uniform is he
wearin'?"

"That's our uniform."

"Like hell it is. We've got a
good uniform of our own, and it
don't look like that, none what-
ever."

"It's just been adopted in the
United States Army, and
officers and enlisted men will both have to wear it."

"Well, I've stood more pay calls than most of the of-
ficers and men I can see from where I stand have stood
reveilles but I never thought I'd have to go on pass look-
ing like a leatherneck non-com on shore leave. But what's
the blue band around his cap?"

"That's to show he's an infantry officer."

"You could tell that by the way he walks, but what
are the cute little cuffs on his blouse?"

" That's copied from the British uniform and shows the
rank of the officer on his sleeve."

"So it does. But what are the little colored dabs on
the front of his collar?"

"They show his branch of service and his regimental
designation. That was copied from the French uniform."

"What are the pants made like 'cits' for?"

"The tailors say they fit better and are easier to cut
than the old lace knee breeches, and they save the cost
of leggins."

"Even at that, the tailors have nothing to brag about.
I've always had to take every pair of breeches I drew to
the regimental tailor before I could get into them, or get
them to stay on me, and I certainly would love to see a
squad dressed in them things crawling around the rice
paddies on the old South Line in Cuba. But what are the
big pockets for? "

"They were fashioned after the bell pockets in the
British uniform. They have greater carrying capacity."
"That may be all right, but since prohibition hit the
army I don't see anything for an officer to be carrying
that would take up that much room. I guess he forgot
his collar ornaments."

"Oh, no. They were sacrificed as a compliment to the
ladies. You see, the wear and tear on charmeuse and
crepe-de-chine sleeves was terrible, so again copying the
French we left off the ornaments. Besides it saves larass
and bronze."

"Saving bronze may be all right, but the supply of
brass don't seem to be running so low. But anything for
the ladies. Say, what is his rank?"
"He's a captain."
"How do you tell?"

"By those three little doo-jiggers on his cuffs and
shoulder straps."

"Well, well! Say, youngster,
did you ever hear the legend of
our insignia of rank in the army?"
"No."

"I find that a lot of you chaps
haven't. In the old days when the
army was a profession and not a
business or a trade, a shavetail
didn't wear nothin' on his shoul-
der straps because he was just
coming into the army as an offi-
cer and was looking forward into
the army field. Before him was
his whole army future, behind a
two barred fence. The first lieu-
tenant had climbed one bar and
had it on his shoulder; the captain
had climbed the fence and was
looking up into the forest, and had
both bars on his shoulder. The
major had climbed into the sturdy oak tree and got
a gold leaf, and the lieutenant-colonel was still in the
woods but had climbed into the poplar, which is the tall-
est, straightest tree in the forest, and he has the silver
poplar leaf. The colonel wears the eagle because it flies
over the forest and keeps watch on things below, while
high in the skies is the star of a general. That's a pretty
story, ain't it? and it looks like a shame to mess it up
for the sake of a few uniform makers whose only interest
in the army is what they can sell to Uncle Sam, 'jaw-bone.'
By the way, who thought up all these changes?"
"Oh, some e.xpatriate."
"Somewhat?"

"Expatriate. That means a chap who lived at home
most of his life and then went across to Europe and stayed
a while and decided everything European was better than
anything American. They think it's prettier than our
present uniform. Do you?"

"Well, it may be more 'showy' son, but the old 0. D.
is good enough for yours truly. The United States has
toddled along and won a number of sizeable scraps and
cleared a big country of redskins without ringing in any
foreign uniform changes to help us out, and we won be-
cause we depended on the man inside the suit and not
what was showing outside. In the face of that, I'd hate
to see them change it now."

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

EVERYBODY OUT FOR DRILL!

Soldiers Were Fit to Bite as Well as Fight in This

Man's Army

INCREASING the physical standard of Camp Travis
men and raising the morale of the command through
proper attention to the soldier's teeth has been the
accomplishment of the Dental Infirmary personnel. This
work has been successful to no small degree in the main-
tenance of the excellent health record of the cantonment,
and was the means by which the mouth of every enlisted
man received attention, both through reparative and
preventive measures.

Statistics from the front showed that fully twenty per-
cent, of the men in sick wards were
there as the result of infections from
diseased teeth. By prevention of
these infections, through prompt and
adequate treatment in the training
camp, the American army planned
to increase the efficiency of the com-
mands proportionately besides mak-
ing available twenty percent, more
bed room for wounded soldiery and
bettering the army morale. With
this end in view, Col. A. C. Carpenter,
the camp dental surgeon,collaborated
with the camp commander and the
camp surgeon so that not a soldier
in training failed to receive the
proper treatment his condition re-
quired. This policy was carried out
with the Ninetieth Division and the
importance of dental supervision for
this command was so thoroughly
recognized that when this division
was ordered overseas last June it
took with it the entire infirmary
personnel consisting of thirty-three
officers and an equal number of
assistants.

In the treatment of the soldiers, each man reporting for
examination was assigned to some officer and given a card
for future appointments. It was then the duty of the
officer to see to it that the mouth of the patient was placed
in as perfect a condition as possible before he was excused,
also to give him a thorough course of instruction in the
proper care of the mouth and teeth. It was believed that
the instruction in mouth hygiene, alone, is sufficient to
prove the worth of the dental surgeon in the army. In
order to expedite work, dental surgeons who were particu-
larly proficient in certain branches were assigned to their
specialties.

The work done in these infirmaries consisted of amalgam
fillings, synthetic fillings, cement fillings, X-rays, root
canal work, gold inlays, plates, bridges and extractions.
All fillings were carved and polished and many of them
could be properly classed as restorations. In carrying

COL. A. C. CARPENTER
Camp Dental Surgeon

out the work of the operating room, the dental specialists
followed methods accepted by the medical fraternity as
preventive of numerous chronic diseases.

Benefits from such treatment were shown in the second
examinations of men treated and in their physical records.
Men who had followed the instructions on mouth hygiene
were proved to be greatly improved in general health. In
addition to the alleviation of pain, the treatments given
enabled the men to masticate their food more thoroughly,
thus aiding in the digestion of foods and promoting their
general health and well being, and
their contentment under the re-
straints of army life. General clean-
liness of the teeth, as practiced by
the men while in the army, is ex-
pected to keep them in the habits
they have formed, so that they will
instruct their children and wives in
mouth hygiene. This will prove its
own reward in the sav-ing to the
families of the men and in the con-
tinuance of their good health.

The experience of the Camp Travis
dental unit has proved the superi-
ority of massing dentists in infirm-
aries, rather than distributing them
around many medical infirmaries, as
heretofore. The saving in time and
the production of improved efficiency
in handling patients has been a large
factor in the success attained. The
waste of medical supplies has been
materially decreased under the new
system as well as the maintenance
of excessive equipment. But the
surpassing feature has been the
greater facility of marshaling the
men for sjiecialized treatments with the minimum of
loss of time and materials and the maximum results in
lasting benefits.

Many statements have been made to dental surgeons by
the enlisted men expressing satisfaction with the service
given and delight over their freedom from pain and dis-
eases to which they were subject when they were in
civilian life. Numbers of men say they have been relieved
from attacks of rheumatism and disorders of the digestive
tract which were the result of mal-nutrition resultant from
failure to masticate their food because of bad teeth and
improper care. These teachings, it is felt, will have a
lasting effect on the men as they leave the army
and resume their duties as citizens, and will prob-
ably result in the removal of much sickness which
was prevalent in rural districts during the pre-war
periods.

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

Tmops i'«v f^Ol

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I JUWPAV, 'CAU3

1 GO TTA dea -

I ■EYEL65ST=»oTATOtS

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They're Out of Their Job

Ye doughboys and leathernecks, wagon-men too.

An' mariners ridin' the foam,

The curtain is down and your mad play is done.

An' we're waitin' to welcome you home.

For deeds of your valor and might of your arm,

With the old Yankee "guts" ye have kept us from harm.

They're waitin' you now back in oflSce and farm,

So speed your way home.

But we're bearin' a grudge that all time can't erase,

You boys who chased Fritz oil the map.

For you've cheated this army at home of its job,

We wanted to get in the scrap.

Us doughboys an' leathernecks, cannon-men too,

All trainin' and strainin' with that end in view.

Must pack up our duds and slink back to the few

Who never got in it at all.

There's men in our ranks who have soldiered for years.

An' fathered the gang who went through.

Who taught 'em to stand straight and how to make good,

As rookies so timid and new.

An' now that it's over there's rookies with stripes —

While all we can do is to suck on our pipes

And growl at the world.

So when depot brigades stand retreat in the dusk,

An' the flag flutters down in the breeze.

As the strains of the national anthem ring out.

An' a thrill reaches down to your knees.

You'll pardon our feelin' that we're out o' luck.

An' heaven must help the unfortunate duck

Who dares to suggest that we're lacking in pluck.

For we'll sure hit him hard.

So you doughboys an' leathernecks, wagon-men too.

Before you come back to your jobs —

Having made this old world somewhat safer to use —

Before you are cheered by the mobs,

Just hand Mr. Hun a brief message from us :

We're spoilin' and anxious to start a new muss —

The two million who didn't get into the fuss —

If he doesn't behave.

— One of Them.

The Call

Something calls — and we want to go over;

We want to go where comrades have led.
From these white cotton fields and the sweet smelling
clover,

To roads where the flowers of battle are red.

Here, friendly highways companion your noondays,

Sunshine a-spatter on still forest lanes,
Fields hushed in beauty when night floods the noontide

And ponchos and shelter whenever it rains.

There roads are shattered and young lads around them;

Bullets will spatter instead of the sun;
And up from the byways limp men who have found them.

And back from the highways the ghosts of men run.

Something calls — yes, we smell every cluster of clover.

We see here the meadows, each blossom is gay,
And the song of the wind — but we want to go over.

It calls and we want to go over to-day.

Passing the Buck

The Colonel tells the Major

When he wants something done;
And the Major tells the Captain

And gets him on the run.

The Captain thinks it over,

Decides to follow suit
And passes the buck and baggage

To some shave tail second Lieut. *

The said Lieutenant ponders

And strokes his downy jaw.
And calls his trusty Sergeant

And lays him down the law.

The Sergeant calls his Corporal

To see what he can see;
And the Corporal gets a Private

And that poor damned Private's me.

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OFFICERS. ORDNANCE DEPOT

Capt. R. W. Wagener

1st Lieut. George Hilsinger

Left
2nd Lieut. B. V. Brady
2nd Lieut. Guy W. Jones

to Right

2nd Lieut. Earle P. Reebel
2nd Lieut. Howard Deutz

Capt. Henry L. Suydam
Maj. E. B. Johns

RED FLAG AND BURSTING BOMB

This Does Not Refer to Bolsheviki But to the Camp Ordnance Depot

A SOLDIER is no soldier — without a gun. The re-
cruit no sooner dons his khaki than a rifle, a bay-
onet and a cartridge belt are handed out to him;
yet these do not spring up at command, nor flower over
night, even in the prolific soil of Texas — all of which nat-
urally leads to the inquiry of how and where they get 'em.
Some one says "Ordnance" — and we go to look for the
red flag with the bursting bomb.

You find the Ordnance Depot at Eleventh Street and
Avenue B, and, catching the officer in charge off his guard,
announce that you have come to find out ev^erything the
Ordnance does and does not, and see the things, however
deadly, that are kept from the gaze of the general public.
With a fatherly smile he tells you that before getting your-
self involved with the intricacy and detaU of the names,
functions and classification of the weapons and equip-
ment, you might well listen to an explanation of the
status of the depot itself.

You learn then, that the depot is properly known as a
Field Depot, and is one of the many established at every
camp in the country, under the guidance of the Field
Depot Branch of the Supply Division, Ordnance Depart-
ment. Other divisions of the Ordnance Department have
to do with the purchase or production of materials, and
the settlement of the problems of mechanics and engin-
eering connected therewith, but it is the Supply Division,
through its field depots, that comes directly in contact
with the soldier, and furnishes to him the various articles
of equipment suppUed by this department. This supply
is worked out through a system of shipments directed
from designated arsenals, general supply depots, and man-
ufacturers to each particular field depot, of what might
be called initial equipment — that necessary arm to and
equip the troops of the various branches of the service, in
the first instance. This is later followed up by requisi-
tions of the field depot to cover any shortages in the equip-

ment of the troops, and to pro\'ide for that endless stream
of supplies needed in the replacement of lost, damaged or
unserviceable equipment; and the various articles which
are consumed by the use to which they are put — illustrated
by cleaning materials and ammimition used in target
practice. A scientific balance of stores book, acting as a
perpetual inventory, with reports on all stock in the dep)ot
rendered at stated intervals, enables the Supply Division
at Washington to exercise a centralized control and equal-
ize the stocks in the various field depots, as the necessities
of the troops demand.

After assimilating this, you cross the road to two par-
allel warehouses, with trackage between, and are initiated
into the mysteries of ordnance. The near end of this
warehouse is partitioned off, to provide for what are
known as valuable stores, and stores in which frequent
issues are made in small amounts. The first contains a
multitude of numbered and lettered drawers and com-
partments in which are spare parts, down to the finest
spring, pin, and washer, of every make of machine-gun,
rifle, pistol and revolver, with a chart-index on the wall
to permit instant location of any desired item. In arm
lockers on the wall are foimd one or two of each model of
machine gun, rifle, pistol and revolver.

Up to this point your mind is almost equal to following
the explanations poured in your ear of the comparisons
and functioning of these various parts, but on turning you
are confronted with an array of articles described as fire
control equipment. Range finders, aiming circles, adil-
ades, flash lights, and battery commanders' telescopes;
pantographs, compasses, clinometers, protractors, mus-
ketry rules, and fire control rules for automatic rifles and
machine guns; telescopic sights and sighting devices,
periscopes and sitascopes.

Next come tier after tier of bins, tagged and numbered;
with cartridge belts, haversacks, pack-carriers, canteen-

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

UNLOABING CAMOUFLAGED GUNS

•covers, ration-gags, magazine and revolver clip pockets,
and packets for first-aid pouch; wire cutters and their
carriers; ammunition carriers; pouches and special belts
for automatic rifle-men; spurs, spur-straps; rifle-scab-
bards, and a variety of articles pecuhar to the equip-
ment of mounted men. Special oils and soaps for the
treatment of leather; for the treatment of web-equipment;
oils for lubricating and preserving metals; solutions for
the removal of powder and metal fouling from the bore
■of guns; paints and rust preventatives for the preserva-
tion of artillery and artillery material.

Passing out into the storehouse proper, you find it
divided into numbered sections with an orderly arrange-
ment of sealed boxes, each with its contents neatly sten-
ciled on either end. The first portion is devoted to per-
sonal equipment — haversacks, pack-carriers, cartridge
belts, canteen-covers, canteens, and articles of the mess
kit; then machine guns with their tripods, feed-belts and
water boxes; trench mortars in their coffin-like boxes;
automatic rifles with their magazines and accessories;
rifles and gun slings; bayonets and bayonet scabbards;
fencing equipment; target of all designs, and target mate-
rial; saddles and bridles for the cavalry; saddles, bridles
and harness for the artillery; entrenching tools; smoke-
bomb outfits, and various spare parts pertaining to ar-
tillery.

Adjoining the warehouses are ranged row after row of
seventy-five mm. guns, with their limbers and caissons,
direct from the steel works, with the camouflage paint
scarcely dried. They are surrounded by a line of four-
ton artillery tractors, hump-backed and malignant in ap-
pearance, that seem to dominate the silent guns.

With the hope that there are no nails in our shoes, we
are next led to the magazines, which, to promote the peace
of mind of all concerned, stand a little apart from the
rest of the depot buildings. Here are stored the ammu-
nition and e.xplosives, which range from the six-inch how-
itzer and 155 mm. shells to the .22 shorts used in gallery
practice. High explosive shells and shrapnel, with their
fuzes, for the artillery; six-inch and three-inch bombs for
trench mortars; dummy, drill and sectionalized shells for
instruction; eight mm. Lebel (French) for the Chauchat
automatic rifle; calibre thirty, in ball cartridges, blanks,

guard and dummy, for our own rifle, with specially pre-
pared grades for use in machine-guns, for overseas, and for
target practice in the United States; forty-five for the
pistol and revolver. Grenades of all kinds — hand gren-
ades, rifle grenades, dummy grenades, practice grenades,
illuminating grenades, offensive grenades, defensive gren-
ades, with their bouchons and components. Powder in
kegs and containers, fuzes and detonators. Next come a
variegated array of lights, reminiscent of Roman candles
and the Fourth of July, which are pyrotechnic equipment
— consisting of position lights, red, white and green; Very
lights, for use in Very pistols, in the same number of col-
ors; Bengal lights, and a score of others. All of which
let in a deal of light on things we had been in the dark
about.

We could not leave without seeing the shops — a separ-
ate one for armorers, who repair guns, for blacksmiths, for
saddlers, and for carpenters — in which saddles are made
so that the rider can't fall off. Here the insides of ma-
chine-guns are tickled and oiled until they respond with
clock-like regularity; and, incidentally, hat-cords and
fatigue uniforms are removed from rifle barrels where
they were thoughtlessly left by some later possessor in
the excitement of being mustered out. An armorer ac-
companies each regiment to the target range, whose busi-
ness it is to pacify the rifles which become obstinate in
eating up the 300,000 odd rounds of cartridges used by a
regiment in firing its course on the range at Camp
Bullis.

We were inclined to retrace our steps in an attempt to
examine again, and fix in our mind at least a few more of
the 50,000 odd articles furnished by the Ordnance Depart-
ment, only a few of which we have been able to mention
here, but we were told the warehouses were about to be
closed for the taking a complete physical inventory of all
the equipment. The strictly supply functions of the Ord-
nance Department, together with part of the personnel,
have been taken over by the Purchase, Storage and Traf-
fic Division of the General Staff in a comprehensive plan
embracing all supply corps. However, the shops, the
magazines with ammunition, and the functions of inspec-
tion and repair of guns and arms of all kinds will still be
carried on by the Ordnance Depot Company.

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PSVCHOLOCICAL UMT

WHY IS A FISH?

Foolish Question? Ask Any Man Who Has Been
Before the Psychological Board

PRIVATE JOHN THOMPSON'S company had re-
ceived an order to report at the Psychological build-
ing for examination, and speculation was brisk in
squad room and mess hall. Some of the men feared an
unpleasant ordeal at the hands of what they termed "nut
pickers," and Private Thompson and Zeke Gray, who
bunked next to him, discussed possible developments as
they waited for the top sergeant's whistle.

In civil life Thompson was the efficient young book-
keeper and collector for the Doeville Mercantile Com-
pany, and he was sorely missed when he entered the army.
"The army's getting a cracking good soldier," said his
employer. "Darned shame he was turned down for the
R. O. T. C." Zeke Gray's father was a p)oor tenant
farmer. His younger brother often went with the old
man to town to disp)Ose of the crops, but little confidence
was imposed in Zeke, who stayed at home and ploughed.

As John entered the Alpha Room at the Psychological
Building with a beaver board in one hand and pencil in
the other, his mind was filled with misgivings. He wished
then that he had gone to college and had prepared himself
for this test of his mentality. Zeke, who followed John,
looked blank amazement.

"Thought they had chairs and tables in schools," he
ventured.

"If the room was full of furniture, how do you think
they would get all these men in here?" John replied.

"Uh-huh," said Zeke, grinning.

The examination began and the two men looked at the
geometrical forms on the page before them. The exam-
iner and impressive looking sergeant began his instructions.

"When I say go, but not before, put a cross in the first
circle and a figure 1 in the third circle. Go!"

"Doesn't take any geometry to do that," John said to
himself.

When the test of oral instructions was completed a few

orderlies walked about the room jerking up certain men.
John was not surprised to see Zeke among the number.
Before the second test was started Zeke and the other
failures were taken to the Beta room where illiterates and
foreigners were being examined. At the end of the third
test he was sent upstairs for an individual examination.
A private took Zeke into one of the examining booths.
Here the examiner gave him a series of numbers to say
backward. When 2-3-5 was given the farmer boy could
say 5-3-2; but when four digits, as 6-5-2-8, were given he
could not retain them long enough to give them back-
wards. Nor could he tell how much change would be due
him if he bought twelve cents' worth of stamps and paid
fifteen cents.

"What is fooUsh about this?" asked the examiner. "A
bicycle rider, being thrown from his bicycle in an accident,
struck his head against a stone and was instantly killed.
They picked him up and carried him to the hospital, and
they do not think he will get well again."

"He should not have been riding so fast," replied Zeke.

However, Zeke could coimt backwards from twenty to
one, could answer very simple comprehension questions,
tell one way in which wood and coal were alike and give
the date correctly. His paper was marked: Mental Age
8, — E. A grade of E means that the subject should
either be discharged or put in a labor or development bat-
talion. Zeke was transferred to the Development Bat-
talion and from there to the Remount Station for unskilled
labor. There were two Zeke Gray's in every one hundred
men that come to Camp Travis.

The next day a large A was entered on John's quali-
fication card and in his service record. This A meant
that in regard to intellectual ability John ranked in the
upper four or five percent, of enlisted men. Any com-
manding officer that looked at his Service Record would
know that he was a very superior man although he only

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possessed a high school education. The Psychological
Board agreed with Merchant Wheeler that the arrrly was
"getting a cracking good soldier."

In every hundred soldiers there are four John Thomp-
sons and two Zeke Grays,
and there are many men
who, while not as intelligent
as John Thompson are
much more intelligent than
Zeke Gray. The business
of the Psychological Board
at Camp Travis is to class-
ify these men according to
intelligence. The superior
men that are not quite as
high mentally as John
Thompson are marked B.
This group includes from
eight to ten men out of a
hundred. The C plus
group includes about fif-
teen to eighteen percent, of
all soldiers. The average
grade for soldiers is C, and
the C group includes about
twenty-five percent. The
C minus group, about
twenty percent., is com-
posed of men of low average
intelligence. Inferior in-
telligence D is made by
about fifteen percent. The
lowest group is divided
into two classes: (1) D
minus men, who are very in-
ferior in intelligence but are

considered fit for regular service; and (2) E men, whose
mental inferiority justifies their recommendation for the
Development Battalion, special service organization, or
discharge.

Since April, 1918, when the Psychological Board was
organized at Camp Travis, roughly 75,000 men have been
classified by means of the intelligence tests. Camp Travis
is now one of the four leading psychological centers

in the American army.
The Psychological Board
has assisted: (1) in the
discovery of men whose
superior intelligence sug-
gests their consideration
for advancement; (2) in
the prompt selection and
assignment to Develop-
ment Battalions of men
who are so inferior mental-
ly that they are suited only
for selected assignments;
(3) in forming organiza-
tions of superior mental
strength where such su-
periority is demanded by
the nature of the work to
be performed ; (4) in select-
ing suitable men for various
army duties or for special
training in colleges or
technical schools; (5) in
the early formation of
training groups within
regiment or battery in
order that each man
may receive instruction
and drill according to
his ability to profit
thereby; (6) in the early
recognition of the men-
tally slow as contrasted with the stubborn or dis-
obedient; and (7) in the discovery of men whose low-
grade intelligence renders them either a burden or a
menace to the service.

Don'ts For Discharged Soldiers

If it is late in the evening when you come home don't take your shoes o^ff on the front
porch.

When you sit down to dinner don't shout : " Bring on the Chow." Neither should you
say : " Shoot the bread and the slum."

If you should hear your name mentioned in conversation don't stand up and yell
" Here."

That little roll of cloth on the table with the silver ring around it is not a first-aid band-
age ; it's your napkin.

If you get up during the night, don't walk around the house on tip-toe, the family will
think the house is being burgled.

If you should hear someone shout, " Fire," don't grab your mother's water pail and fall
in outside the kitchen door. There is a fire department in your town.

That little white contraption in the corner of the room is a bath tub. Father will show
you how to use it.

Don't hit the dirt and hunt cover when you hear a "rat-tat-tat"; it's not a machine gun, it's
only your neighbor starting his flivver.

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TELLING THE FOLKS AT HOME

Camp Travis Publicity Office Pioneer in Furnishing Home Newspapers
With Stories of What the Soldiers Were Doing

HERE it is, right here," says Farmer Smith as he
looks over his specs at mother by the fireside
after perusing the "Weekly Echo" of some Okla-
homa county. "Look right here. Our John has been
made a K. P. in Company G. That's what I call gittin'
there plumb fast. He only joined the army last week."

That was only a sample of the thousands of weekly
items in the home paper which the Publicity Office of
Camp Travis put over, when the boys were in training from
the draft and volunteer battalions of Texas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and New Mexico. It was the Camp Travis way
of making the home folks see soldier
life. It had a double purpose. It
spread contentment through the
camp itself and inspired the men to
be better soldiers, and it showed to
the father, mother, wife or sweet-
heart back home that Uncle Sam
was taking good care of his boys in
khaki.

Never a week went by but that
the weekly budget of news went
home to the country weekly where
John or Tom had lived before they
were inducted into the army; and
every time there was a mention of
the boys from that county or neigh-
borhood. It was a system which
never failed to keep the home folks
in a good humor and at the same
time the publicity officer and his
staff at Camp Travis told what the
boys were doing during their train-
ing days. He took them through
all the processes of "squads right"
and "squads left." He showed how
the boys were lined up for their phy-
sical exams, and to get their "shots"
to render them immune from disease.
He told the mothers and fathers and sweethearts how to
send packages and letters to the soldier men, and what
addresses to place on them. If there was any happening
at the camp which the folks at home needed to know-
about, the news was given to them in this weekly budget
of their home papers.

Every weekly and daily paper in Texas and Oklahoma
got this service and whenever the boys wanted to write
home to their newspaper editor, the letter was taken from
them as they wrote it and placed in readable shape, so
that there would be no mistake in conveying the impres-
sion the soldier wished to get home. Scores of such soldier
letters went back to home papers, and the best part of the
whole system was that it was practically all done by the
men themselves. There were company correspondents in
every regiment and detachment in camp, and every man
was urged to give in items about himself or his comrades.
It promoted good fellowship among the men and built
company and battalion spirit and at the same time allayed
any fears that anxious mothers or sweethearts or wives
might have concerning their army boys. The letters
dealt with the life of the camp as a whole and the individual
soldier, and at the end of every news budget was a collec-
tion of personal items and jokes on or about the soldiers
themselves from the county from which the newspaper
drew its subscribers.

CAPTAIN ROBERT C. LOWRY
Camp Morale Officer

Splendid successes were attained in defeating German
propaganda efforts among the country people. News
which was without foundation, and which was being spread
by enemy agents throughout the rural and urban districts,
was corrected and all the facts possible given the news-
paper readers. Newspaper editors were kept informed on
changes in censorship regulations also, so that exaggerated
or untrue reports of camp life were kept from publication.
This service went on month after month for sixteen
months, cumulating excellent results for morale building,
and for many weeks the publicity department seemed to
be unnoticed at Washington. Then
requests for information were re-
ceived as to its plan of operation
and an inspection was made by an
army official to confirm the good
reports. The Camp Travis plan of
publicity was endorsed and in due
time became the officially adopted
publicity plan for the army camps.
The publicity office was first estab-
lished by Major General Henry M.
Allen, commander of the Ninetieth
Division. Lieutenant, now Cap-
tain, Robert C. Lowry, a Houston
and San Antonio newspaper man
who had been graduated from the
first Leon Springs officers training
camp, was made the publicity officer.
The idea was first suggested by Cap-
tain David C. McCaleb, commander
of the 315th Supply Train, of the
Ninetieth Division, and the plan was
perfected and brought to its greatest
fruition by Captain Lowry. This
officer organized company reporters
in all of the groups of the camp
and was responsible for the success
of the plan and its steady growth.
After the departure of the Ninetieth for France, Captain
Lowry was made an officer of the Camp Headquarters
Staff and continued the work of the Publicity Bureau.
Early in the fall of 1918 the Publicity Office was made
a part of the Morale Section and Captain Lowry was made
the morale officer of Camp Travis as a recognition of his
good work. Second Lieutenant Frederic Lewis Earp, a
graduate of the Camp Pike officers training school, was ap-
pointed publicity officer. Lieutenant Earp is a newspaper
man of long experience among the cities of the Pacific coast
and during his incumbency he was of marked assistance to
the morale officer in carrying out the publicity program.
In his work as morale officer, Captain Lowry had super-
vision of the amusements of the men in camp as well as
the plans for demobilization of discharged soldiers and
their preparation for civilian life. This was an import-
ant feature of morale work, for the transition from
khaki to "cits" is no mere matter of changing clothes.
In this work his office has also been remarkably successful
in its co-operation with the Y. M. C. A., the Knights
of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board and other activi-
ties in the establishment of the "Khaki College" for
soldiers returning to civil life, and in the means of in-
structing soldiers in how to carry on their insurance poli-
cies and avail themselves of the benefits of the soldiers
and sailors civil rights bill.

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The "TOP" as the Rookie Sees Him

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THE ARMY Y

It Followed the Soldier from His Home to the Firitig Line

WITH "Service" as its motto, and with one building
already active in the area that was to be famous
as Camp Travis, the Army Y. M. C. A., with the
influx of regulars, draft recruits, and construction forces,
was situated advantageously from the beginning. Figures
indicate only vaguely how the mission was carried out —
they cannot tell what the Y meant to soldiers, many of
whom were away from home for the first long stay;
neither can they tell what the association did for the spirit
of the camp. Only the soldiers can tell that. But from
the time the recruit was dropped down into camp until he
marched off the train at the port of embarkation, some
Camp Travis Y man was with him — and from that point
another Y service was with him. The new soldier came
soon to look on the Y man as a sort of big brother, and the
Y man tried to live
up to it.

Scarcely had
Camp Travis been
begun when Urban
WilHams, a former
border Y worker,
was brought here
in charge of the
camp, and he re-
mained until July,
1918, being ordered
then to take charge
of the army Y work
in the Hawaiian
Islands. H. H.
Simmons, later
head of the South-
em Department
Y. M. C. A., di-
rected the work for
a time and then
Charles Kurtzhalz
was brought here
from Camp Pike to
take charge. Mr.
Kurtzhaltz was

called to department headquarters of the Y as second in
command, and R. N. Watts, who had been at Camp Dick
and Camp Bowie directing the Y, was made camp general
secretary.

So rapid was the growth of the Y work that to supply
men with the right sort of training there was opened in
April, 1918,. the Training School for War Work, with
A. B. Nichols of the Boston, Mass., Y. M. C. A. as dean.
Up to December 1, 1918, the school had graduated 673
men for army Y service either in England, France, Italy,
Russia or the camps of the Southern Department. Not
all of the men stayed in the Y service, however, some going
to take commissions or to shoulder a gun, and the service
flag holds fourteen stars for former Travis Y men now
soldiers.

Religious Activities

Like other branches of the Y activities, the religious
work started in a very small way, with but twelve meetings
held in August, 1917, and an attendance of 2,900; but this
figure went up by leaps and bounds each succeeding month,
the attendance of thirty-two meetings in September being
10,389, and at 184 meetings in October it was 32,300. At
this time Bible study classes were formed, both in the Y

HEAEQUARTERS STAFF, Y. M. C. A.

Left to right— N. K. Tracy, J. L. Scudder, E. L. Priest, J. B. Taylor, W. H. Neidlinger,

J. S. Thompson, R. N. Watts, Miss Lillian Pfeiffer, E. B. Coulter, F. E. Dingman,

J. B. Walker. Standing — Allan Smith.

buildings themselves and among the men in the barracks,
with the result that in October there were 186 Bible class
sessions which had an attendance of 4,865, a fair average
for the succeeding months, although later the number of
classes was increased. It fell to the religious work secre-
taries, too, to visit the sick, and 17,768 patients were
visited in October, this number mounting as high as 30,492
in February, 1918.

Khaki-covered copies of the New Testament were given
out under the supervision of the religious work men,
reaching a total of 53,141 from August 1, 1917, to De-
cember 1, 1918. Another odd bit of service performed was
the conversion of conscientious objectors from their atti-
tude. A record of seventy-three such conversions was
made by D. L. Berry, of Y No. 30. Conferences of en-
listed men held
during the summer
of 1917 gave the
Y men broader op-
portunity to do
service.

When the Nine-
tieth Division left
Camp Travis in
May, 1917, four or
five secretaries
were taken along
to the port of em-
barkation, and this
phase of Y work
has been continued
up to date. It was
found by military
men that the Y
secretaries could
encourage recruits
on their way to
camp by answer-
ing questions about
the camp, and by
giving other ad-
vice; while to units
leaving camp, it was found that Y athletic equipment and
games, together with a Y song leader to keep the men's
spirits up, did much to bring a healthier lot of men
through their journey. Thus it was that the troop train
service was instituted.

Hospital Service

One unique phase of Y work, begim on the border, was
carried on at Camp Travis until March, 1918, when the
Red Cross took it over. This was the hospital service.
E. B. Travis, a Y mnu-'rom Indiana, arrived in the El
Paso district late in July, 1916, and was almost imme-
diately sent by Wilman E. Adams, later head of the
Southern Department of the Y, to Nogales. Urban
Williams, later camp general secretary at Camp Travis,
was in charge of the camp. Mr. Travis at once began
work among patients in Base Hospital No. 5, supplying
stamps, stationery, books and other articles, and per-
forming any services possible for the soldiers. The Red
Cross had not then developed its forces for such work and
there were too few army chaplains for the task.

When Col. George M. Skinner was transferred from com-
mand of the Nogales Base Hospital to the one at Fort Sam
Houston, which then was handling the soldier-patients

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from Camp Travis, Colonel Skinner immediately called
Mr. Travis to aid him here. Mr. Travis, arriving here in
September, 1917, organized the work, extending it to the
Camp Travis Base Hospital when that institution was
completed.

During the winter of 1917 when many of the fast-ar-
riving recruits became sick, these hospital workers under
Mr. Travis Uterally worked day and night, with small
time for sleeping or eating. However, they never lost the
smile or joke to take into the wardrooms to cheer the sick
and the homesick, though it was sometimes a strain when
they had to take the last word home of some man about to
die without his realizing his condition, or to help others,
who knew they were dying, to straighten out their affairs
before their death. The constant call for these Y men
was best proof that their work was done well. More than
once their smiles and jokes relieved critical tension in
ward rooms where death had just preceded them. To
notify relatives of the condition of men seriously ill was
another part of their duty, and the hospital authorities
co-operated continuously in this respect.

However, in 1918, when the American Red Cross took
over the work, all but one man in each of the base hospitals
were transferred to other duties. Arrangements were
made then so that a man taken from any part of the camp
to the Base Hospital was visited by a secretary from the Y
serving the area from which the man was taken, thus keep-
ing the patient in touch with the doings of his organization.

Educational Work

Although educational work had been carried on in a
small way by various individual secretaries, it was not
until in the fall of 1917 that the Y began an aggressive
movement in that direction. At that time W. R. Ray-
mond had been placed in charge of the work for the whole
Southern Department, and H. H. Shenk, of Harrisburg,
Pa., was the director of that activity in the camp. J. B.
Taylor, an educator from New Mexico, was brought into
the camp soon after this, and the comparatively few
classes were extended. During the early spring of 1918
classes were organized in English, mathematics and his-

tory, all of which were taken hold of with considerable
spirit and interest.

Hopeful of an early crossing to the battlefront, there
was also a feeling among the men that French should be
mastered, and this sentiment was stimulated by a visit to
the camp of Lieut. Jean Aldide Picard, who had been with
the French Army during the battle of the Marne, and who
had later seen service at Ypres. As a result some fifty
classes in French were begun, Y secretaries being supple-
mented by soldier-teachers, these classes lasting as long as
the Ninetieth Division was here.

It was early in March, 1918, that the work among the
illiterate soldiers was undertaken, and, beginning with
1 ,700 men, the men coming into these classes by military
order was increased in May and June to 10,(XX). It is
interesting to note that at this period, too, the first class
in gas engines was established in Y No. 31 — classes in
this subject forming a constant part of the educational
program after that time.

Later, when the camp had been partly filled with new
officers and new recruits, who were to make up what is
now the Eighteenth Division, the demand for French
instruction was renewed, and Prof. C. F. Giard, of the
University of Oklahoma, was brought here. He at once
took hold of the work and in about three weeks was fol-
lowed by Prof. Patricio Gimeno, of the same university.
Classes in buildings were continued, also, as the men were
interested in subjects, ranging from elementary English
to advanced mathematics and normal school branches.

However, in September, another big opportunity was
seized, and the Y instituted a big central school for enlisted
men who wished to review studies preparatory to taking
the examinations for officers' training camps. It is in-
teresting to note that in two terms of this school, the per-
centage of men who attended the school and who passed
their educational test as officer-candidates was very high.

Early in December another central school was opened
by the Y in the auditorium, and the armistice having been
signed, the military authorities in the camp made it much
easier for the men interested in the school to take up their
educational work. This school started with so much spirit
that it became necessary to have overflow classes, and some

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of these were carried on in the K. of C. building, in the
Jewish Welfare Board building, and the Hostess House.
The registration ran close to the 2,000 mark and the at-
tendance was good at all sessions, despite the fact that
some of the soldiers were constantly dropping out by
reason of being discharged from the service. For a time
the task of securing sufficient teachers was a formidable
one. Close on the heels of this project a similar plan was
undertaken on behalf of the colored soldiers, a move which
was met by unusually fine interest on the part of these
men. At first this school was conducted in the two negro
Y buildings, but later central quarters were secured, the
chaplains of the group giving all assistance possible.

Y educational secretaries were used largely by military
direction after the formation of a development battalion
late in the summer, illiterates, and foreigners who could
read and write their native language being brought into
this group and taught English. Many men who pre-
viously were unable to read and write left the army
from this battalion proud to be able to sign their names
to necessary documents, and to be able to read. This
move toward better citizenship needs no comment;

the results of this work will speak for themselves.

From a statistical viewpoint the educational work
showed a growth of from seventy-one class sessions in
October, 1917, to 1,117 class sessions in February, 1918,
and the attendance of 1,301 at the October sessions was
rapidly swelled until in February the attendance at these
sessions was 19,997. The high water mark of attendance
was in March, 1918, however, being 22,268 for the month.

It was in December, 1917, that the first men from the
Camp Travis Y organization went overseas, and they
were given a rousing send-oflf by their co-workers. One
of these men, Dr. John H. Clifford, who was religious
work secretary at Y 33, has since become famous for his
work with the Marines, as the man who was told by the
officers of that organization that they "didn't want any

d d parson along" to be a burden on them. Dr.

Clifford, by his saving of the woxmded colonel of those same
Marines, and by his sturdy independence in toting his own
pack and asking no odds of any man, as well as by his fine
spirit among the wounded Marines, forms an undying part
of Marine Corps history, as well as that of Camp Travis
Y. M. C. A.

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

CREATED POPULAR SOLDIERS' HOME

Creeds Forgotten in Halls, Though Knights of Columbus Provided
Services for Men of Roman Catholic Faith

WHAT the Knights of Columbus has accomplished
at Camp Travis can not be statistically tabulated
and told in words; it requires no public encomiast
to herald the results. The encomiums must come from
the individual soldier who has profited from its ministra-
tions; from the parents of the en-
listed men who received consolation
from the letters of their sons written
on'K. of C. stationery, and in their
halls, from the letters of the secre-
taries and chaplains to anxious moth-
ers about their boys in the hospital
during the siege of the epidemic.
From all sources must come the
praise or censure of the welfare work
to make it truthful and valuable.

Early in the history of Camp
Travis, when the Ninetieth Division
was being formed, this part of Texas
was designated the Seventh Division
in the scheme of organization of
welfare work of the Knights of
Columbus. The staff in charge con-
sisted of Emmet T. Jackson, archi-
tect; August McCloskey, Hon. James
R. Davis, and Edward H. Corrigan,
all residents of San Antonio. In
September, 1917, they authorized
thre eection of K. of C. Hall No. 1.
The site selected was near the spot
where the gallant Lieutenant Kelly
lost his life in an aeroplane accident in preference to kill-
ing and maiming others. It is located on Sixth Street near
Avenue B. The hall was formally opened on Columbus
Day, October 12, 1917, with addresses by Rt. Rev. Bishop
John W. Shaw, now archbishop of New Orleans, Major-
General Henry T. Allen, commander of the Ninetieth Di-
vision, and others. The first general secretary was Edward
H. Corrigan, to whom much credit is due for taking the
initiative in the activities of the hall. He was assisted
by John B. Witherell, Lewis F. Dur-
rell and Ben Newman.

Every Knights of Columbus Hall
is provided with an altar and all ap-
purtenances and paraphernalia for
the celebration of Mass. The first
volunteer chaplain was Rev. W. W.
Hume, now administrator of this
diocese. Army chaplains also offici-
ated at different times.

Opening under the most propiti-
ous conditions. Knights of Columbus
Hall No. 1 has always been a popu-
lar resort for the soldiers. It has
been the aim to provide the best of
entertainments. In fact, Camp
Travis was the first cantonment in
the South to inaugurate dancing in
Knights of Columbus halls. This
was made possible through the co-
operation of the Daughters of Isa-
bella, of San Antonio, and the camp
morale officer. The wisdom of this
action has never been questioned.

The individual work of the sec-

J. M. HUTCHINSON, General Secretary

JOHN M. MUNDY, Chaplain
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retaries among the incoming recruits will always remain
a bright chapter not only in the annals of the Knights of
Columbus, but in the hearts and memory of the thousands
of homesick rookies far from home and in strange con-
ditions and environments. In one day 35,000 sheets of
paper and 20,000 envelopes were
distributed.

The success of the first hall and
the increased demand for more room
t. and entertainment for the soldiers

in different parts of the camp neces-
sitated the building of a second hall.
This was accomplished under the
supervision of Mr. Corrigan. The
Knights of Columbus, in the mean-
time, enlarging the sphere of work,
placed William J. Moriarty, of St.
Louis, Mo., as Department Director
in charge of the entire Central-South-
ern Division, with E. Elmer Fox, an
energetic general secretary, as super-
visor. By authority and instructions
of these gentlemen, Edward H. Cor-
rigan, general secretary, erected Hall
No. 2, at the corner of Wilson Street
and Avenue E. It was formally
opened November 3, 1917. Secre-
tary John Flood was placed in charge,
with Secretary Harry J. Dudley as
assistant. Other secretaries that
were attached to the camp were: M.
S. Corcoran, August Corvello, J. J. Sullivan, Joe Rivierie
and Rudolph Grummel, with Chaplains E. J. Roach,
P. P. O'Sullivan and T. L. Keaney.

The necessity for this hall was soon manifest. Located
near the Depot Brigade, it was always open and generously
patronized. The personnel of the secretaries has been
changed as the exigencies of the service demanded and a
high standard of efi&ciency maintained at all times. Any-
thing and everything that was of mutual benefit to the
soldiers and that would amuse, in-
struct, and assist in raising the mo-
rale of the soldier boys was welcomed
by the Knights of Columbus.

The epidemic of influenza, so
ably subdued by the efficient med-
ical corps of Camp Travis, was a call
upon the energies of the Knights of
Columbus secretaries that was an-
swered to their best ability in the
hospital and the quarantined wards.
The public and personal acknowledg-
ment made by Brigadier-General
Geo. H. Estes of their assistance
will be treasured in the archives of
the organization as evidence that the
Knights of Columbus secretaries,
prohibited from active soldier service
hy reason of age or slight physical
defects, endeavored to do their best in
this great world's war, even if that
part was a small and modest one.
The staff workers were: J. M. Hut-
chinson, gen'l secr'y ; J. P. O'Conneli,
Guy C. Grapple, and Ben Brady.

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

STAFF, RED CROSS :

Left to right, bottom row

Mrs. L. E. Case, Matron, Convalescent House.

Mr. L. E. Case, Director Red Cross Hospital Service.

Mrs. Eliza Rankin, Hospital Librarian, Red Cross.

Top row

G. W. Plack, Red Cross Hospital Worker.
W. H. Meeks, Red Cross Hospital Worker.
J. T. Bell, Red Cross Hospital Worker.

THE GREATEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD

THE Convalescent House was virtually a club and a
home where mother, sister or sweetheart might come
at any and all times for a chat, or remain for any
length of time as a guest of The Red Cross and be near at
all times to the bedside of the boy who was sick in the hos-
pital. When the house was built provision was made for
these guests by including small bedrooms just off the mez-
zanine floor; and thanks to the courtesy of the hospital
-authorities, we were able to arrange that the guests have
their meals within a short distance from both the house
*nd the hospital. That this convenience has been appre-
-ciated by many who wished to be with the boys during a
-crisis, we have had many tangible proofs, both in verbal
-and written expressions.

The main auditorium of the house offered a comfortable,
home-like room where in the daytime friends and relatives
might meet, letters might be written at convenient desks,
where Red Cross stationery was always available, games
might be played, fiction or technical books obtained from
the Ubrary which, under the direction of a representative
of the American Library Association, offered almost any
book that might be called for. In the evenings programs
of entertainment were carried out at least three times
weekly, offering moving pictures, vaudeville; and oc-
casionally some musical star temporarily in San Antonio
would gladly offer her service for the entertainment of
the soldiers.

The ladies of the local chapter of The American Red
Cross have taken a great interest and have been very
active in the hospital work, and besides visiting, conducted
a program of entertainment once or twice during the week,
took entertainers through the wards, distributed candy and
cigarettes, and did the countless things that are mentioned
so little but are nevertheless much appreciated because of
that touch which only a woman can give.

Two cars were placed at the disposal of the hospital
authorities to be used by the surgeons in making their
rounds in isolated parts of the camp and for various in-
spections of the sanitary officers. Where it was impMjssible
to obtain promptly, through military channels, any article
needed by the surgeons to help them render prompt and
eflScient service, it was ordered at once or purchased
locally and placed at their disposal.

The Home Service branch of our work grew enormously
in the latter part of 1918. Delayed allotments and al-
lowances were investigated; and, where necessary, the
dependents advised to consult their local Red Cross repre-
sentative, who in turn were advised by the associate direc-
tor to render them any aid, financial or otherwise, that
appeared necessary. Through the field director, a man
was able to obtain the best of legal advice. Countless
telegrams were daily verified for the mUitary authorities,
families and relatives advised of the present whereabouts
and condition of men; and where, because of critical illness
or death, it was necessary for a man to go home, many
loans were made for this purpose.

From oiu- warehouse we distributed during 1918:
sweaters, 122,003, including distributions made to others
camps last winter; \\Tistlets, 4,864; socks, woolen, 14,110;
socks, cotton, 4,488; helmets, 6,057; mufflers, 15,476.

During the influenza epidemic the Red Cross Convales-
cent House was used solely by friends and relatives of sick
men. Cots were set up on the stage and it was not imusual
to have twenty-five or thirty people spend the night in the
building. The Nurses' Recreation Building was converted
into sleeping quarters for the night nurses.

The exigencies of the time and the conditions in the
camps made necessary calls for many articles which could
not promptly be secured through military channels and it
was our privilege to furnish, among other things, aspirin,

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icebags, bed jackets, bed shirts, comforts, sanitary drinking
cups, 41,000 face masks, fly swatters, operating gowns and
caps, handkerchiefs, water pitchers, pajamas, pillow-cases,
pillows, pneumonia jackets, property bags, cuspidors,
slippers, sheets, sweeping compound, wash rags, clinical
thermometers, tooth brushes, tooth paste, towels and
urinals.

At Christmas the Red Cross arranged small gifts for all
corps men and patients at the Base Hospital, consisting of
comfort kits containing handkerchiefs, wash rags, tooth
brushes and tooth paste, cigarettes, needles and thread,
shaving soap, cigarette lighters and knife or razor. Dainty
little gifts of ivory talcum powder boxes, stationery and
other small articles were given to approximately two hun-
dred nurses. A small tree was attractively decorated and
placed in each ward in charge of a committee of ladies

from the local chapter, who went through the wards dis-
tributing the gifts to patients, together with candy and
cigarettes. From the Base Hospital, the day after Christ-
mas, we were pleased to receive the following:

"Your kit bags of gifts brought forth many
exclamations of pleasure and wonder at your
liberality. The knives were easily the most
popular gifts, proving once more that ' men are
but boys grown up.'

Such assurances as these have ever made it a pleasure
and a privilege to work with the hospital authorities at all
times; particularly during the Christmas holidays, and
bring to us all a deeper appreciation of the men and the
work the "Greatest Mother in the World" is doing, and
will do, until the last man is home.

DOUGHNUTS FOR DOUGHBOYS

WHEN the war began that plunged the whole world
in misery, the Salvation Army had just celebrated
its fiftieth anniversary. It had years of experi-
ence, organization and efficiency. It was prepared to play
a part in the conflict — and that part has not been insig-
nificant. As long
as the soldier has
memory there will
be a soft spot in his
heart for the army
whose lassies fed
home-made dough-
nuts to battle-
stained doughboys
on the very edge of
No Man's Land.

When the first
gun was fired, the
Salvation Army
dispatched its offi-
cers to the front to
do what they could
in a material as well
as spiritual way for
the men who were
fighting and dying
to make the world
safe for democracy.
In the trenches and
behind the lines,
its workers were to
be found giving aid

and comfort, that the fighting spirit of the soldier might
not weaken.

Huts were established wherever possible, at home and
abroad. The hut at Camp Travis was opened in Septem-
ber, 1918. It is a neat two story building, comfortably
furnished, and within its walls the soldier was made wel-
come and taught to feel that the place was for him during

his leisure hours. The first floor consists of a large, well-
lighted reading room, equipped with a library, magazines
and a talking machine. On one side is a chapel with a
seating capacity of 300.
The first floor also contains a "Coffee Ann" and a lunch

counter where re-
freshments, includ-
ing the famous
Salvation Army
doughnuts, can be
bought at a small
price. As many as
500 doughnuts
have been sold in
a day. The sec-
ond floor contains
twelve rooms,
where soldiers'
wives and relatives
might stay in I com-
fort and security
while visiting.
There are many
other features of
the hut that rec-
ommended it to
the soldiers and
their friends. The
courtesy of the
attendants, their
desire to accommo-
date and please has
made it a popular resort. The Salvation Army does a
great deal of work that is never known generally. Much
work of this nature has been performed at Camp
Travis, and many a soldier will hereafter respect the
uniform of the Salvation Army because he knows that it is
the uniform of another good soldier and one of Uncle
Sam's best friends.

THE PANTRY WAS BARE
This picture was either taken during drill hours, or else about five minutes after a fresh
batch of doughnuts had been cooked. In no other way is it possible to account for the bare
appearance of a popular corner of an institution that has endeared itself forever to soldiers

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BOOK WORMS FIND HAPPY HOME

Men Win Higher Places in Military Organization Through Aid
of Camp Library and Its Many Branches

WHEN the country gathered together its millions of
men into the several camps that grew up overnight,
there came along with the military technique that
was rounding out a fighting machine, a group of social
organizations whose purpose it was to care for the needs
of the soldier in his hours of freedom from military duties.
Among these was the American Library Association, with
its well-lighted library building in each camp containing
thousands of books upon every variety of subjects, cur-
rent magazines upon recreational, technical and military
topics, comfortable chairs and good tables; branch col-
lections of books and magazines in the Y. M. C. A.,
Knights of Columbus, Hostess House, Jewish Welfare
Board, Salvation Army and Community Service buildings.

The Camp Tra\ns Library building was completed De-
cember, 1917, at
which time the li-
brarian began mov-
ing into it the sev-
eral truck loads of
books which had
accumulated in the
Quartermaster's
warehouses and the
various freight sta-
tions. With the aid
of volunteers from
the city and from
among the officers
and men in the
camp, the immense
task of preparing
the books for circu-
lation was begun.
Each book had to
be labeled, a pocket
pasted in it to hold
a card upon which
was written the name of the author and title. By the
time the shelving arrived many of the books were ready
to be placed upon them in proper order for circulation.

Before the library service was fairly established in Camp
Travis at the main building and at Y. M. C. A. and
Knights of Columbus branches and in company stations,
there came demands for books at more distant pKjints.
Camp Stanley, twenty-five miles and without any books,
was provided for by establishing branches at the three Y
buildings and the K.C. hut. Brooks Field was then similarly
provided and was cared for imtil November first when the
work transferred to the Kelly Field librarian. Library
service at Camp John Wise also pro\'ided this building.
The nearest neighbor. Fort Sam Houston, was a part of
the library system of Camp Travis with books at the Gift
Chapel, Y huts and barracks.

The present book collection now numbers over 36,000
volumes, composed of a well-rounded stock and especially
strong in mihtary science, war stories, general technology
and mechanics, poetry, history and fiction. Many of the
candidates for officers' training camps depended up)on the
library for textbooks upon mathematics, historj- and
geography. In three days during one of the periods pre-
vious to an examination, there were circulated from the
main library building 26t) books upon mathematics alone.
Special schools conducted by the military authorities ujxjn
military subjects were supplied with military and technical

books, such as photography, gas defense and small arms.
The men in the hospitals were also reached through
branches maintained at the Red Cross houses, each under
the care of a woman trained to meet the special ser\'ice
that hospital patients need. With the aid of a small cart
the book lady, as she is often called by the patients, makes
her way among the beds, where the soldier can select from
the cart the book or magazine he desires. If his choice is
not on the cart the librarian takes his request and the
book is secured for him and given to him on the next trip.
There is no service more appreciated than the right book
in the hands of a sick soldier.

The librarian was often consulted for information to
settle arguments or to determine the winner where a wager
had been made up)on disputed points. The officers who

bet the cigars over
the annual amount
of rainfall in Iowa;
whether Sidney
Lanier was famous
enough to be in-
cluded in a study
of poetic Uterature ;
how to pronounce
"Sarajevo"; how
the work "ukelele"
is spelled, who
wrote "Da\nd Har-
um," why '"S. O.
S." is the code
word for distress,
are but a few sam-
ples of the \'aried
calls in the daily
duties of a camp li-
brarian. The book
even becomes the
solution of domes-
tic difficulties, as shown by the request of a soldier who had
married without an over-abundance of love on his part.
The separation due to camp residence had given him a
chance to think it over. The book "He Fell in Love
with his Wife" was provided after he had asked for help.
The library staff consisted of Camp Librarian Joseph
F. Marron, of Duquesne, Pa., assisted by Miss Cornelia
Johnson, of Austin, Tex., Mr. Paul B. Teeter, of Chicago,
and Mr. Robert S. Fullerton of Boston. Mrs. Eliza G.
Rankin of Evanston, 111., was hospital librarian at Camp
TraNas and Mrs. V. G. Humphrey, of Ocean Springs,
Miss., ser%'ed in that capacity at Fort Sam Houston. All
were expert librarians.

As a practical aid in military service and civil pursuits,
as a recreational center and as an educational force, the
camp library has been able to proxide the book that has
helped the soldier improve upon his "squads right,"
shoot straighter or fight better, help him with his home
job, give him a funny story or a poem for his idle hour,
furnish the textbook for the examination when he was
working on a soldier's salary toward an officer's commis-
sion; or let "Private Peat" tell him how "The Ladies
from Hell" went "Over the Top" "With Cavalry in the
Great War" and "The Fighting Engineers" and "Under
the German Shells" in "The Great Push" where "Com-
rades in Courage" brought about "The Winning of the
War" to "The Political Conditions of Allied Success."

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

UNDER THE BLUE TRIANGLE

Hostess House Brings About Many Delightful Reunions of Soldiers
and Kinfolk and Friends From Distant Points

LINKING the soldier at Camp Travis with his home-
folks by that indefinable charm of feminine influence
is the Hostess House, at once a center of social
activity and the "find me" focus of the cantonment.
This is the gathering place established by the Y. W. C. A.
around whose ample galleries might be found the boys and
their sweethearts, the mothers and their sons, the wives
and their husbands, and the materials for romances, many
of which had their tender endings weeks after the troops
left the Army and again were engulfed in the varying
whirlpool of civil life.

At once attractive in interior and exterior, the building
is the sign of hospitality which brings the home touch to
the homesick lad and gives a valuable aid to work of the
other camp activities in reaching the inner chords upon
which the morale
building of the sol-
dier must depend.

What soldier of
Camp Travis will
ever forget those
motherlike pies
with their tooth-
some crusts cov-
ered with delicious
ice cream, or those
tarts and dainties
which could be
obtained no other
place in the en-
virons of the camp?
What lad of khaki
will not carry away
those lasting re-
membrances of the
chicken fries which
brought back to
him at crucial times

thoughts of home? What wife, sweetheart or mother, who
has come to Camp Travis heartsick and weary after trying
in vain to locate her husband or son, who mayhap has
thoughtlessly neglected to write, can fail to recall with
gratification and satisfaction the kindly words of the good
secretaries of the Hostess House as they arranged for the
meeting which was to restore peace of mind? These were
some of the many services daily performed through the
Hostess House, the little, delicate things, all of which
could have been accomplished only through the contact
of femininity.

Few structures of the camp are more attractive and
there were probably none of the activities which was more
consistently made use of in season and out of season than
this.

Situated at Avenue B and Sixth Street, it presents a
front which was at once restful and homey. The hos-
pitable appearance of its threshold is not belied as one

enters the spacious rece])tion room, in a corner of which is
to be found the enticing open fire-place where the crackling
log burns in dampish weather. Around this comfortable
spot could be found any cool evening, the groups of sol-
diers and their friends, and in the evenings of the summer
time the chairs were thrown back and girls from town with
their soldier admirers were permitted to dance and chatter
to their hearts' content.

On certain days there were informal gatherings where
programs of an entertaining nature were given, and
through it all there was an air of quietude and restfulness
which proved an able adjunct to contentment for the sol-
diers. Reading rooms were also provided, but best patron-
ized of all was the cafeteria. The Hostess House was
built at the request of Major-General Henry T. Allen,

commander of the
Ninetieth Divi-
sion, who really rec-
ognized the neces-
sity of a place
where wives, moth-
ers or sweethearts
might foregather
for rest and refresh-
ment while await-
ing the search for
their husbands,
sons and fiances.
It was opened in
November, 1917,
with Miss Lucy
Moore as director;
Miss Gertrude
Keech as business
secretary; Miss
June Mi liner as
cafeteria director
and Mrs. G. A.
Reader, receiving hostess and information secretary. The
present staff consists of Mrs. J. M. Ballinger, director; Miss
Keech, business secretary; Miss Harriet Means, informa-
tion secretary, and Miss Emma Martin, cafeteria director.
In this activity as with the others at the Camp the
division headquarters information bureau gave generous
and ever-ready co-operation and was the means of unravel-
ling many a tangled problem of marital or family affairs.
Aside from the pathos of many cases, amusing features
are not infrequent.

"Be thankful, my dear, that you have no husband these
perilous times," a forlorn looking woman advised the
hostess, after relating her troubles regarding a careless
husband.

" But there may be none to have after this war is over,"
replied the hostess.

"Why, honey, don't worry," consoled the visitor, "you
won't have any trouble at all; you can get a cripple."

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FOLLOWING THE STAR OF ZION

Promotion of Agricultural Interests Climax of Jewish Welfare
Board* s Service Among Camp Travis Soldiers

WITH a far-seeing vision of the soldier's welfare after
reaching civilian life, the Jewish Welfare Board of
Camp Travis has been a prominent factor in the
morale building of the soldier. This work was adopted
after victory for the Allies had been assured through the
armistice, but it was merely the culmination of a successful
program which had been conceived and executed by the
Jewish organization throughout the months that it was
present in the camp. And this work, though largely
serving their co-religionists, was non-sectarian, benefitting
Hebrew and Gentile alike without distinction as to sect or
creed. A specially striking feature was the hospital
visiting which was carried on at all times.

The most successful work of the organization was the
agricultural exhibit and intensive course in modem farming
carried on during the middle of December with the sanc-
tion and approval of Brigadier-General George H. Estes.
Commercial, federal, educational and progressive organi-
zations of the state and nation joined in commending this
achievement, and the press of San Antonio and the state
at large devoted columns to the success gained and the
interest taken by the soldiers in the improved apparatus
for increasing the production of farms. Thousands of sol-
diers and civilians attended the lectures and marked at-
tention was given to demonstrations of breeding and
grading livestock. The idea was initiated by M. Flax, of
Brooklyn, who took charge of the work in August, 1918,

with his assistant, H. H. Auerbach, of Omaha and with the
co-operation of the Camp Publicity Office.

Through the instrumentality of the San Antonio branch,
social entertainments were made a feature of the work and
programs were provided at the various welfare centers in
Camp Travis and wholesome entertainment for the men
when they came to the city from Camp. Upon the induc-
tion of Nathaniel Hirsch into the military service in
August, 1918, Mr. Flax assumed charge of the work at
Camp Travis. He was enabled to bring the work closer
to the men by estabhshing headquarters at the various
Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. buildings throughout the camp.
He also placed his services and those of Mr. Auerbach at
the disjx)sal of the Base Hospital and worked assiduously
during the influenza epidemic.

In the early part of November, George W. Rabinoff of
Hartford, Conn., was placed in charge of the San Antonio
district for the Welfare Board and Abram C. Caplan, of
Baltimore, and I. H. Mendelson, of Des Moines, were
added to the staff. By this time the scope of the work had
so increased that it became necessary to erect a building
and this was done in six days at a site provided at Eighth
and Railroad avenue. Representatives of the board
were also instnmiental in the promotion of the "khaki
college" estabUshed by the Y. M. C. A., and Messrs.
Caplan and Mendelson were made members of the
faculty.

CARED FOR MASONS IN KHAKI

Big Representation of Fraternity in Army Led to Unique Addition
to IV elf are Organizations in Camp

IF it is a new thing to see a Masonic welfare organization
in an army camp, it is but a natural development
during the present war. More than a third of the
members of the Scottish Rite societies of San Antonio are
in the army at home and abroad. This is true also of the
other Masonic lodges of San Antonio.

When war was declared the Masons responded to the
call in such numbers that it soon became apparent that if
the fraternity would be of the greatest service to its mem-
bers a representative should be stationed at Camp Travis.
The Masonic Welfare Office was built by the Scottish Rite
Bodies of San Antonio and is maintained by them and the
Alzafar Shrine Temple. The welfare work extends to
Masons of all lodges and even to those who are not of the
fraternity.

The Reverend Lewis McVea, who was at the time pastor
of the Methodist Church at Bishop, Texas, was elected
representative, and his office was first estabUshed in one of
the Y. M. C. A. buildings. With trains daily discharging
hundreds of soldiers into the camp these quarters were
soon outgrown and more room was soon needed. This
was obtained through Major General H. T. Allen, com-
manding the Ninetieth Division.

From a local welfare station, the office at Avenue B and
Sixth Street soon became the rendezvous of Masons
throughout the country. Regardless of the nature of the
service Reverend McVea and his sister, Doris McVea, his
assistant, were always at the call of their fellows, whether
the service was of a financial nature or comforting the
sick.

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PICKED UP IN THE COMPANY STREET

THE "FLU"

When your back is broke and your eyes are blurred,
And your shin bones knock and your tongue is furred,
And your tonsils squeak and your hair gets dry,
And you're doggone sure you're going to die.
And you're skeered you won't and afraid you will,
Just drag to bed and have your chill,
And pray the Lord to see you thru —
For you've got the flu, you've got the flu.

When your toes curl up and your belt goes flat.
And you're twice as mean as a Thomas cat,
And life is a long and dismal curse.
And your food all tastes like a hard-boiled hearse,
When your lattice aches and your head's a-buzz,
And nothing is as it ever was,
Here are my sad regrets to you^
You've got the flu, you've got the flu.

What is it Uke, this Spanish flu?
Ask me, brother, for I've been thru.
It's misery, woe and black despair;
It pulls your teeth and curls your hair;
It thins your blood and bares your bones.
And fills your craw with moans and groans,
And sometimes, maybe, you get well;
Some call it flu,

I call it hell.

During the night the Oflicer of the Day repeatedly
crossed the post of a colored sentry without being chal-
lenged. Finally he made inquiries.

"Oh, you cain't fool me, boss," he was told. "Ah done
knows you belongs around heah."

Sergeant (to recruit, mahogany shade) — "Who told
you to pick up those cigarette stubs? "

"Ah don' know, suh. He was one of those gen'lmen
with httle birds on his shouldahs."

THE SUBTLE COMPLIMENT

Colored Private (after his captain has administered
a sharp reprimand for "gold-bricking") — "Yes, suh, Sar-
gint, I suttinly am going to work."

Captain— " What do you mean by calling me a ser-
geant?"

Colored Private — "Oh, I knows you ain't no Sargint,
suh. I jus wanted to make yo' feel good."

ARMY BRIEFS

Lieutenant (quizzing on Articles of War) — " What is a
man's status when he is apprehended, after going A. W.
O. L.?"

Veteran of Four Days — " S. O. L."

FAIR ENOUGH

Captain (to applicant for farm furlough) — "Jones, how
many acres of peanuts have you? "

"Ten, Sir."

"How many children?"

"Five, Sir."

"And how far is the field from the house?"

"A half mile. Sir."

Captain (after rapid calculation) — "Just two acres
apiece and distance enough for digestion. The peanuts
will be gone before you could get home. Go back to the
kitchen."

Rookie (to his Captain) — "Say, mister, you were
pretty lucky; where'd you manage to get hold of those

shiny leather leggins? . . . Just look at the d d

things they threw at mel'

Civilian (after the war) — "Wa-al, Doc, I'm sure you
treated all kinds of cases in the army, but what did you
have the least of?"

Major — "Well, of course, our records would show
exactly, but er — while I am not sure, I would — er — I say,
I suppose, obstetrical."

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1918 CAMP TRAVIS FOOTBALL SQUAD
Pvt. J. A. Barbish, 165th D. B., End; Sergt. E. F. Lamb, 86th Inf., Tackle; Corp. J. C. Nichols, 19th Inf., End; Capt. K. Otey,
165th D. B., End; Pvt. P. C. CofBn, D. B., End; Corp. M. LeClaire, 85th Inf., Guard; Pvt. R. Brubaker, 86th Inf., Guard; Pvt. T. M.
Meyer, 19th Inf., Mascot; Lieut. W. Karaszewski, 165th D. B., Tackle; Sergt. D. L. Cobb, 19th Inf., Half; Sergt. L. H. Stevenson,
165th D. B., Center; Lieut. Miller, 165th D. B., Quarter; Corp. W. F. Scripcavage, 259th Amb. Co., Tackle; Pvt. C. Little, 86th Inf.,
Guard; Chap. G. Storaasli, 165th D. B., Center; Sergt. C. Schwarting, 35th Inf., Guard; Capt. L. H. Patterson, 165th D. B., Tackle;
Pvt. A. B. Young, 165th D. B., End; Pvt. H. A. Winters, 165th D. B., Half; Pvl. R. B. Morton, 19th Inf., Full; Sergt. B. Moody, 165th
D. B., Half; Corp. G. G. Birch, 19th Inf., Quarter; Pvt. M. R. Townsend, 85th Inf., Half; Pvt. Berg, 165lh D. B., End; Lieut. W. J.
Rogers, Hdqrs. Camp Travis, End; Capt. H. H. Hudson, 165th D. B., Manager; A. M. Venne, Y. M. C. A., 33, Coach; Capt. T. E. D.
Hackney, 35th Inf., Coach.

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FOR SPORT AND WAR

Athletics is Big Factor for Recreation and Success in Battle

CAMP TRAVIS history has constantly carried
through its various •stages of development an im-
portant chapter of athletic activities, for each suc-
ceeding commander has recognized the vital importance of
sending out soldiers, — for combat or peaceful pursuits — -
who were physically fit for whatever was ahead of them.
Not alone has this phase of camp life been fostered and
promoted in a military manner, but the Y. M. C. A. and
the War Department Commission on Training Camp
Activities have taken hold in their own way to keep the
interest in sports
of all kinds alive.

The days follow-
ing the signing of
the armistice, how-
ever, found empha-
sis on the athletic
side of camp ac-
tivities stronger
than at any other
period, for with
training for combat
lightened athletic
events were de-
pended on to a
greater extent than
ever to keep the
minds of the men
occupied until they
should be returned
to civil life. Regi-
mental athletic and
field meets, boxing
and wrestling pro-
grams, and the regular field physical training were all
speeded up so far as the "flu" and other epidemics
permitted.

The big classic events in the athletic world at the end of
1918 were the football game between Camp Travis and
Kelly Field, and a three-cornered boxing meet between
Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston and Kelly Field; these
being in addition to two big divisional field meets. The
Thanksgiving Day football game between Kelly Field and
Camp Travis was won by the former by a score of 20 to
3 after several of the best Camp Travis players had been
taken ofT the field, injured. Coach A. M. Venne, formerly
with Carlisle Indian School, but later with the Y. M. C. A.,
and C. L. Brewer, a former University of Michigan coach

and star, had worked hard to build up a winning team, but
the casualties were too great. The three-cornered boxing
meet, held in the middle of November at the Camp Travis
stadium, was also won by the Kelly Fielders. Camp Travis'
football team, however, won from Te.xas A. & M. College,
12 to 7 and tied a no-score game with Camp McArthur.
Another major event in the November athletic calendar
was a big camp field meet, at which Brigadier General G.
H. Estes was honorary referee, and which attracted several
thousand spectators. This meet was won by the

Fifty-third Field
Artillery, which
had nearly twice
the number of
points which its
nearest competitor
was able to gather
in. To enable con-
testants to do them-
selves more justice
in such events,
bo.xers, wrestlers
and track athletes
were excused from
part of their duties
after the signing of
the armistice and
the consequent let-
up in training.

In August "fite
nite" cards were
begun by the mili-
tary authorities,

FOOTb.VLL SQUAD, 52d IIELD ARTILLKKV

Major J. T. Round-
tree having been chosen to head an athletic council for the
camp, the council including Y. M. C. A. and other repre-
sentatives, among them being Johnny Coulon and Bobby
Burns, boxers, and Budd Goodwin as swimming instructor.
Chris Christiansen was official promoter of these fights.
Early in August, too, F. E. Dingman, a Y. M. C. A.
specialist in training of massed classes in boxing and
wrestling, came to Camp Travis from Camp Bowie, tak-
ing up the mass system of instruction in the Development
Group and the Fifty-fourth Field Artillery.

During the first week in December, the last big camp
athletic meet was held before the discharge of many sol-
diers, and was won by the 53rd Field Artillery, with the
Eighty-fifth Infantry a close second.

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MUSINGS OF A DEPOT BRIGADIER

GROSSED rifles should not be used in Depot Brigade
insignia; it should be crossed fly-swatters with a
typewriter underneath.

The motto of the Depot Brigade should be: "Peace on
earth, good will toward man."

The silver service chevrons would be all right for the
Depot Brigade, if there were a gold brick between the
angles.

The chief grouch of the Depot Brigade ofiicers is that in
1917 they volunteered for service in the armed forces of the
United States.

The accident and health insurance companies broke the
camel's back when they endeavored to write up the officers
of the Depot Brigade, considering them the best risk of
any profession on earth.

The Huns have shown the American people that the
James Boys are entitled to an apology and a monument.
The James Boys never harmed a woman or little child ; it
is true that they did some things quite Hunnish, but even
then they did not claim that the Lord was particeps
criminis.

We were crowded in the D. B.,
Not a soul would dare to shoot.
The war was on in Europe,
But all we did was s'lute.

Where is your wandering boy to-night? Safer than in
his mother's arms — he is in the Depot Brigade, pounding
a typewriter, wielding a fly-swatter or explaining by in-
dorsement why a button was off Private Smith's breeches
at the last inspection.

Poles and Bohemians were numerous among the re-
cruits, and such names as Czsertozc Mjovscek were fre-
quent. The first sergeants had quite a hard time of it at
roll-call at first, but the problem was soon solved, although
by accident. A company had faUen in for reveille when
out came the first sergeant, who had a severe cold; as he
approached, he sneezed, and fourteen men answered
"Here."

When that order came down, announcing that company
commanders were responsible for the flies in their area, one
captain was very much distressed because he didn't know
whether he was responsible for the dead flies or the live

It was considered remarkable that a five-minute sermon
by Chaplain Fisher could bring 500 men to the mourner's
bench ; it was so considered until it was learned that he had
told them that there was a Depot Brigade in Hell, but not
in Heaven.

The enemy's barrage had passed over our trenches, and
the fierce foe was coming over the top. The commander
pressed the buzzer-button, the adjutant appeared and
the commander asked: "Were all the latrines in the thir-
ty-third Group clean at midnight?"

"Perfect, sir."

"Were our fly-swatter entanglements, just east of our
typewriter nests, inspected before the battle started, and
are the Forms 88 in perfect condition?"

"Perfect, sir."

" Good; very good," said the commander, "we shall win
this battle, provided none of the officers have slept out of
camp more than two nights a week for the past nineteen
months."

It was August 13th, just one month before the great
drive at St. Mihiel. The big guns on both sides had been
roaring for hours, gigantic shells were bursting here and
there, blowing great holes in the ground and throwing
earth hundreds of feet in air. Zero hour was nearly at
hand and every American was ready to go over the top
for the first time in that sector.

Suddenly the barrage lifted, our boys sprang from the
trenches and rushed upon the Huns like unleashed tigers,
driving them from the first line, then from the second and
from the third. Then came the order to retreat and they
fell back to their original position. At the very moment
of victory, the General had found that the size of Private
Blink's shoe was not in his service record.

"It will take us thirty days to get that information from
Camp Travis," he growled; "we shall renew the attack
at that time."

Horace Kelton of San Antonio was one of the men who
addressed soldiers, about to be discharged, on the subject
of insurance, manhood and morality. When he was ad-
dressing an unusually large number of negroes, he asked:
" Can any man present suggest a punishment suf&cient for
the Kaiser?"

One big black fellow raised his hand and said: "Put him
in the Depot Brigade and make him a K. P. for life."
This outburst of inflamed passion was reconsidered, how-
ever, and the crowd decided on sober second thought that
a sentence in the Depot Brigade would be sufficient without
the K. P. penalty.

RiTLE — Part of equipment for overseas troops.

Form 88 — A card-board receipt to show how badly doctors

can guess.
Mimeograph — A combination of cannon, machine gim and

automatic rifle, designed to keep company commanders

in close touch with their typewriters.
Indorsement — Something demanded by superior author-
ity, written by the company clerk, signed by the first

sergeant (if he is a good penman), carried by an

orderly, read by a sergeant-major and filed by a field

clerk.
Officers' Quarters — A long, slim building of wood and

paper, heated by steam in hot weather, and surrounded

by castor beans.
Lime — A white substance used to paint rocks at times

when men should be given military training.
Sergeant Hill — ^The only man in miUtary annals, who

never made a mistake.
Fly-swatter — A wire entanglement designed to protect

companies against death, disease, destruction and

sanitary inspectors.
Tactics, minor — Science of handling two squads in order

to get them on the parade ground for guard-mount.
Tactics, major — Science of teaching recruits, who have

only one change of clothing, how to keep everything

spotlessly clean, starched and pressed at all times.
Major — The only innocent by-stander who is allowed to

interfere with a battalion adjutant, and the man who

discovers how many bars of sapwlio were purchased out

of the mess fund.

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CAPTAIN C. O. WOLl-E AND CAMP EXCHANGE STAFF

NO PROFITEERING MERCHANTS HERE

Camp Exchange Was the Department Store of the Barrack City

To most civilians, before the great war, the army ex-
change, commonly called the canteen, was unknown.
To those who have been in the service, the canteen
is as much a part of the army as the proverbial beans, and
so wherever a body of troops is found, whether regiment,
battalion or detachment, one is apt to find an exchange.

For the benefit of the uninitiated, an exchange is simply
a store — but how different it is! It is in business, not for
profit, but solely to provide comforts for the men it serves.
Here the men come for smokes, candy, drinks, ice cream,
toilet articles and supplies which tend to promote that
personal cleanliness and neatness so essential for everj'
good soldier, as well as everything in wearing apparel,
all of which is sold at practically wholesale cost.

When, in the summer of 1917, the huge task of putting
the National Army cantonments on the map was under
way, the War Department, realizing the services the ex-
changes could render, named the Post Exchange Commit-
tee a part of the Commission on Training Camp Activi-
ties, the committee comprising broad, practical business
men, with Raymond B. Fosdick as chairman.

Late in August, 1917, Captain Hugh L. Forman, Q. M.
R. C, appeared at Camp Travis as division exchange
oflicer. He was given a crude office in one end of the old
offices of the former Camp Wilson staff at Avenue E and
Eighth Street, his office equipment comprising a flat-top
■desk, a knock-down table, a few folding chairs, a rented
typewriter, and a civilian stenographer.

Initial stocks arrived and exchanges began to open up
in buildings especially erected. When the first rookies
arrived, the exchanges were ready — and such business!
Only the rookies can tell of it. There were nineteen ex-
changes, and the purchasing for and supervision of these
stores was a big task, so in October, Second Lieutenant
W. S. Fuller, Q. M. C, was made assistant to Captain
Forman. When it is remembered that many rookies were
well-to-do, it can be realized that the business would have
been a nightmare for the manager of a "half-price sale."

By spring, 1918, the Ninetieth Division being trained
sufficiently for overseas, it became the problem of the
exchange system to outfit the officers for overseas duty —
a tremendous task. The north end of quartermaster
warehouse No. 3, next to the then Majestic Theatre, was
partitioned off, and on March 21, 1918, the Camp Officers'
Exchange was begun. New purchasing problems arose for
the camp exchange officer. Merchandise was hard to get,
and to obtain a stock including the wide range of articles
needed was a problem that led to diligent and country-
wide search, but manufacturers and jobbers helped, and
when the Ninetieth Division left Camp Travis in June,
most of the officers had been satisfactorily equipped at a
substantial saving.

A wholesale department was added as a clearing house
for all purchases by the other exchanges in camp. In its
new capacity, the Camp Exchange bought in carload lots,
and all exchanges benefited. A camp exchange market
was opened adjoining the refrigerating plant near the
camp laundry, being operated on the same system as the
post exchanges, and leading to important saving in prices
of meats, butter and eggs for officers and enlisted men.

It became necessary to create a Camp E.xchange De-
tachment. The enUsted personnel numbered some forty
men with Sergeant N. W. Embley as steward of the retail
department, assisted by Sergeants A. F. Kessie, J. S.
Whaley, Corporal Roy Longacre and Privates First Class
Abe Fox, H. K. Crowell and H. F. Kelly. The retail
accounting was handled by Sergeant R. H. Baxter and
Corporal S. Byrd. In the wholesale end, Sergeant J. E.
Savage and Corporal P. Barrow handled the books, Pri-
vate First Class P. K. Wathen doing the billing and in-
voicing; while the warehouse was under Sergeants C. M.
Martin and J. R. Moss, aided by Privates First Class J. S.
Hopson, A. E. Riedel and W. B. Goodloe.

Early in December Captain Fuller returned to civil life
and Captain C. O. Wolfe was called from the Eighth Ex-
change, 165th D. B., to become Camp Exchange officer.

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THEY GOT THE MAIL

MAIL CALL IS SWEET MUSIC

Camp Travis Post Office Was a Military Model

WHEN you are a long, long way from home, and are
lonesome, there is no sweeter music than that call,
"Mail." It brings promise of news of home and
of friends. When the Camp Travis Post Office was opened,
Major-General H. T. Allen, then commander of the
camp, called upon the superintendent and said to him,
"Mr. Mabrite, a satisfied man makes a satisfied soldier,
and one way to satisfy him is to get his mail to
him." That is what the post office has been attempting
to do.

Whenever you see a building in an army camp that dis-
plays a large white flag with the letter "P" in black, you
can mark it as the institution next in importance to the
mess hall, and the place that brings home ties closer to
the soldier.

The first post office in this camp was established in 1911
during the army manoeuvers. The next office was opened
in 1916, and occupied a small tent, six by nine feet in
size. The business at that time was handled by one man,
the present superintendent of the Camp Travis office.
The present force consists of about twenty-seven clerks,
and the building occupies a space of forty by one hun-
dred and five feet and is equipped with every modern
convenience for the swift delivery and dispatch of mails.
It wU probably interest the members of this camp to
know that the Camp Travis office has been designated
by Postmaster General Burleson as the model military
post office in the United States.

Approximately thirty thousand letters were received
daily and delivered to the men, and about twenty-five
thousand dispatches were sent to the home folks. The
stamp sales for the past year amounted to about 1200,000.

A military camp post office differs from the ordinary

city office, in that it has no general delivery nor boxes for
rent. Mail is not delivered direct to the individuals but
is sent through the channels by mail orderlies. It is dif-
ferent, in that a directory section, a branch of the camp
statistical department, is attached with a view of tracing
every misaddressed letter and delivering it to the man for
whom it is intended. They might be termed the mail
doctors who attempt to keep "alive" letters that would
otherwise become dead mail.

An extreme sample of what the directory section had to
contend with is the following : A few days ago a card was
received addressed to "Mr. John, Camp Travis, Texas,"
and on the other side was this message, "Mr. John,
please send me your last name as I want to write you a
letter."

The superintendent is Edward Mabrite, an employee of
the San Antonio Post Office since 1910. The foreman of
the office was E. O. Cravens, also an employee of the
San Antonio Post Office but assigned for duty at Camp
Travis in 1917. While he had no previous military ex-
perience he conducted his part of the work like a veteran.
The Eighteenth Division mail unit assigned for instruc-
tions to the camp post office was in charge of Sergeant
O. E. Sherrill, formerly assistant postmaster in Okmulgee,
Okla. The directory section was in charge of Private
W. W. Burke.

Although the camp post office was a branch of the
San Antonio office, it was practically an independent
branch. There was direct connection with all trains;
three large army trucks being required to transport the
mail to and from the camp post office. Sergeant L.
Stanger was in charge of the transportation of mails for
the camp.

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Some General Impressions — ^And

Col. WeVh**-!!!-

Bri^. GrenerdI Estes
TJ)t "Boss"

Lt. Ccl. Re</</i'n^Ton

Division A d j o ta nT
Hi:>fiaiiie VVffs on Ma ny Or^f-rs

Lt. Col. Jordan
Camp Sanitary Im^ntor
Had o Sharp Eyf for Dirty Q.J. Cani

Col. L;trie-

Col Anderson
Ht and Hi\ Enginttri Pos«</ 1he- Human CocTui
for "/A«- Cawero..

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A Few Colonels and Majors

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Cnrnt Htrf -frem '0^*'' Thtrt'.

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wa;> once a 8o<.l\ PnVate-

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The- orTi'it <aL/ohi' him in
-tht- fioiiTi'an of a Lan^y^'"

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Organized at Camp Travis
August, 1918

Brigadier General George H. Estes, Commanding

Colonel Alexander M. Wetherill, Chief of Staff

Colonel Arthur M. Shipp, Commanding 35th
Infantry Brigade, Acting

Brigadier General Frederick B. Shaw, Commanding
36th Infantry Brigade

Brigadier General Raymond W. Briggs, Command-
ing 18th Field Artillery Brigade

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THE CACTUS DIVISION

THE story of the Cactus Division is not a tale of
blasted hopes, nor of work that went for naught.
The energy, the enthusiasm that went into its
organization and training when hojies were high for ser-
vice overseas, were not dissipated when the Hun signed
the armistice and signified that he had had enough.

Rapidly as the division was formed, there was yet time
for the growth of a splendid spirit among officers and men.
This spirit resisted the bitter disapixsintment of the armis-
tice and even developed after that memorable November
day. Training continued, plans matured, organization
was perfected as for active service, even as the Allied
armies marched peacefully across the Rhine.

So, by their bearing under disappointment and adver-
sity, did the men and officers of
the Eighteenth Division show their
discipline, their pride, their under-
standing of the character of the
good soldier. It is difficult to fight
creditably in the face of modern
weapons; but it is equally difficult
to lose the opportunity to fight —
and lose it with good grace. This
was the great achievement of the
Cactus Division.

The organization of the Eigh-
teenth Division was directed by
War Department letter dated July
31, 1918, and its formation was
begun August 21, 1918, by Colonel
Alexander M. Wetherill, chief of
staff. Colonel Wetherill is a regular
army man, a graduate of West
Point. His first assignment was to
the Sixth Infantry, in which his
father had served as major during
the Spanish-American war. His
service covers the Moro campaign
in the Philippine insurrection and
with General Pershing in his ex-
pedition against Villa. At the
outbreak of the war he was made
lieutenant-colonel of the first negro
draft regiment organized at Camp
Gordon, Ga. Later he was executive officer at Camp
Gordon.

The first unit to join the division was the Nineteenth
Infantry, one of the most famous regiments in the Regular
Army, with a battle history that threads its way back
through the years of the Spanish-American war, Indian
wars, the War of the Rebellion to the days of 1812. It
will always be regretted by army men, whatever regiment
may be closest to their hearts, that the old Nineteenth
could not write more history on her standards along the
battle front in France.

By transferring approximately five hundred men from
the Nineteenth as a nucleus, and adding approximately a
thousand recruits during September, the Eighty-fifty
Infantry was formed. These two regiments and the
Fifty-third Machine Gun Battalion formed the Thirty-
fifth Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier-General
George H. Estes.

The Thirty-sixth Infantry Brigade, commanded by
Brigadier-General Frederick B. Shaw, was formed by the
Thirty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Infantry and the Fifty-
fourth Machine Gun Battalion. The latter regiment was
organized, as was the Eighty-fifth, by the transfer of a
training cadre from the Thirty-fifth Infantry, one of the
infant regiments of the Regular Army.

Alexander M
Col., Chief-

Those late August and early September days which saw
the Yankee colors sweeping forward in France, were busy
days for the Eighteenth Division. Units joined daily,
training proceeded steadily and enthusiastically with ser-
vice abroad as a nearing goal. Three National Army
Cavalry regiments, the 303rd, 304th and 305th, were con-
verted into artillery regiments at Leon Springs, Texas,
forming the Fifty-second, Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth
Artillery and the Eighteenth Trench Mortar Battery.
These organizations, composing the Eighteenth Field
Artillery Brigade, were transferred to Camp Travis and
the division in August. Colonel Thomas E. Merrill, F. A.,
commanded the brigade until October 2G, 1918, at which
time Brigadier-General Raymond W. Briggs took command.
Organization of the 218th En-
gineers was effected at Camp Hum-
phrey, Va., early in October, and
after a month's training the regi-
ment, under command of Colonel
W. D. A. Anderson, C. E., was
ordered to Cam]) Travis and the
division. From a nucleus of officers
and enlisted men from the Army
Service Schools at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, the Radio Me-
chanics School at College Station,
Texas, and the Signal Corps Train-
ing Camp, Leon Springs, the 218th
Field Signal Battalion was formed
at Camp Travis early in September.
Major Edward A. Olson, S. C,
commanded the battalion since its
organization.

The divisional trains were formed
from personnel transferred from
various specialist training centers
and arsenals. The units compnising
the Eighteenth Train Headquarters
and Military Police were: Eigh-
teenth Ammunition Train, Eigh-
teenth Supply Train, 218th En-
Wetherill gineer Train, Field Hospitals Nos.

.of-Staff 269, 270, 271, 272; Ambulance

Companies Nos. 269, 270, 271, 272;
Sanitary Squads Nos. 103, 104, and Third Mobile Ord-
nance Repair Shop. Colonel Arthur M. Shipp, the first
commander, was relieved by Colonel John J. Miller, when
the former was transferred to the Nineteenth Infantry.
The Eighteenth Headquarters Troop, Fifty-second Ma-
chine Gun Battalion, Mail Detachment, Pigeon Detach-
ment and Photographic Detachment were divisional head-
quarters organizations. Bakery Company No. 375 was
attached to the division in October.

Colonel James H. Frier, Thirty-fifth Infantry, was the
first commander of the Eighteenth Division. He was
relieved by Brigadier-General George H. Estes, who
arrived September 16, 1918, and has since been in com-
mand of the division. Under General Estes the skeleton
units became living, growing bodies; the division became a
cohesive unit; the fighting spirit, always present, grew
until officers and men felt that when the Cactus Division
struck, the war correspondents would find a new theme
for the glorification of American arms.

Then the armistice came. Only those who have worked
with the earnestness of the men of the Cactus Division
can understand their disappointment. None better than
they who waited and worked and finally saw the prize of ser-
vice overseas slip from their hands, know the full meaning
of the "unquestioned obedience" of the soldier's code.

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COL. SHIPP AND STAFF— 35th INFANTRY BRIGADE
Left to Right
Capt. Franz G. Edwards, Adjutant
Co). Arthur M. Shipp, Acting Commander
2d Lieut. Henry J. Morgan, Aide De Camp

ENLISTED PERSONNEL-35th INFANTRY BRIGADE

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NINETEENTH INFANTRY

Its Traditions Go Back to the War of 1812

^ r^HE Nineteenth Infantry is one of the oldest regiments
I of the Army, ha\-ing been organized in 1812 when
Congress authorized an increase in the military
establishment in order to carry on the war with England.
The regiment has a splendid record for service, well and
thoroughly performed in every emergency from the time

of its organization to
date, with the exception
of the Mexican War of
1846. At that time the
Nineteenth, having been
consolidated with other
regiments after the War
of 1812, formed part of
what has been called the
"sleeping forces." Dur-
ing the brief period of its
existence the original
Nineteenth developed a
regimental spirit which,
having lived through the
many years during which
the regiment was temporarily out of existence, came forth
again with the reorganization at the outbreak of the Civil
War. To-day that same spirit lives in the great organiza-
tion that is forever preparing for the next opportunity to
live up to its old traditions and to add another chapter to
its history in keeping with those of the past.

During the War of 1812 the principal battles in which
the regiment was engaged were the attack upon Fort
Mackinac, and the battles of Niagara and Fort Erie. In
the latter engagement Major William A. Trimble, Nine-
teenth Infantry, made a sortie from the fort with a small
number of men, which had a splendid effect, dislodging a
large force and putting an end to the attack. Another
who deser\'es mention is Capt. Isaac Van Horn, Jr., of
Ohio, who was killed while leading members of the Old
Nineteenth in a most daring attack upon Fort Mackinac,
Michigan, August 4, 1814.

During our Civil War the regiment performed services
that were imexcelled if, indeed, equalled by any other
regiment. Though to a great extent scattered throughout
the different army corps, their sacrifices and deprivations
were many and the regimental history for that period,
which would constitute a volume, is engrafted upon that
of the nation.

The following reference to the battle of Chickamauga
contained in notes on file in regimental headquarters, de-
scribes an incident typical of the regiment's splendid ser-
vice. "On the 19th and 20th of September, 1863, the
First Battalion, Nineteenth Infantry, aggregating fourteen
officers and 185 enlisted men and commanded by Major
Dawson were engaged in the battle of Chickamauga. The
first day Major Dawson was wounded and sLxty-six men
were killed or wounded. Capt. E. L. Smith, a gallant and
accomplished officer, then assumed command and was
subsequently captured. At the end of the second day's
fighting, during which the regiment was constantly en-
gaged and had lost heavily, a second lieutenant was in
command, reporting four officers and fifty-one men for
duty."

At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War the
Nineteenth was one of the first regiments to move at the

call of an insistent nation stirred to the profoundest
depths by the catastrophe of the Maine and the death of
Sigsbee's men. They embarked for Porto Rico on July
21, 1898, and remained there a year, performing their
duties with that characteristic thoroughjiess which from
its birth to the present day has distinguished the work of
the Nineteenth Infantrj'.

During the campaign against the insurgents of the
Philippine Islands, in the days that followed, the regiment
was ever active and participated in many important en-
gagements, including the Battles of Sudlon and Cebu, and
the attack and capture of the Cottas of Mount Bud-Dajo.
In the latter engagement, that part of the regiment present
was commanded by Colonel, then Captain, Wetherill,
present chief-of-staff of the Cactus Division. Colonel
Cecil, who commands the Eighty-fifth Infantry of this
division, then a lieutenant of the Nineteenth, for the ser-
vice he performed there was decorated with the Medal of
Honor.

The regiment, as a part of the Fifth Brigade, Second
Division, embarked on April 23, 1914, for Vera Cruz, where
it remained throughout the occupation, returning to the
States November 27th of the same year. The Galveston
flood of August 16, 1915, completely destroyed its camp
and much property and personal belongings were lost,
whereupwn the regiment was moved to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas. From then until the organization of the Eigh-
teenth Division, the Nineteenth performed guard duty for
the most part.

Keen disappointment was of course felt throughout the
regiment when it was realized that the Nineteenth could
play no part upon the fighting front in France, but some
compensation came from the knowledge that practically
every officer and man of the regiment, as it had existed
prior to the war, went to the front with other organizations
and conducted themselves most creditably.

Col. Arthur Morson Shipp, commander of the Nine-
teenth Infantry, received his early military training at
Virginia Military Institute. He received his appointment
as a second lieutenant of infantry April 10, 1899, and was
assigned to the Twentieth Infantry. He served in the
Philippines during the in-
surrection of 1899-1902,
and commanded a company
in the Mexican Punitive
Expedition. He was in-
spector instructor of the
Virginia miUtia and mus-
tered it in for border service
in 1916. He was promoted
major June 4, 1917, lieu-
tenant-colonel in August
of the same year, and
received his appointment
as full colonel July 30, 1918.
He was first assigned to the
Eighteenth Division as
commanding officer of the Headquarters Trains and
Military Police, and was transferred to the Nineteenth
Infantry shortly before the armistice was signed.

Note. — The First Battalion is stationed along the border
and does not appear in the company roster which follows.

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COL. SHIPP AND STAFF, 19th INFANTRY

Seated — left to right
Capt. Hans Ottzenn Maj. O. D. Bodenhamer Col. A. M. Shipp Capt. Harer Capt. G. A. Memay

Standing — left to right
1st Lieut. M. G. Belding Capt. G. M. Bell Chaplain F. C. Sager 1st Lieut. G. S. Eyster

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Captain Hans Ottzenn 1st Lieut. .Man Erienborn 1st Lieut. Leslie M. Skerry 1st Lieut. James W. Darr 2d Lieut. Harry Reichelderfer

Regimental Supply Sergeants
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Mervyn Brady
John G. Hayden

First Sergeant
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Supply Sergeants
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.Arthur H. Koestner
Wilbert T. Henry
Joseph A. Bridges

Stable Sergeant
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Sergeants
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WiUiam D. Jones

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Roland A. Earle
Harr>' W. Hindahl
Charlie G. Russell
Edward Zim

Cooks
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Athanasius J. Cassavetes
Frank J. Hollaender
John O. Johnson
Herman J. Letzelter
John C. Ludolph
Charles B. Trim

Saddlers
Horace G. Brown
Curtis H. McCall

Horseshoers
Richard L. Hasty
James E. Johnson
Roy B. Morton
Pete Sullivan
Vane V. Workman

Mechanics
Stanislaw Kossokoski
Jack H. Reed
Bee Sparkman
Ben F. Tinsley
Fred R. Wood

Wagoners
Chester A. Adams
Ralph C. Adkinson
Ivan T. Amett
William Bahm
.\rthur J. Barry
Walter Bazilo
Leo Benne
James O. Blair
Walter E. Bradbury
WUUam C. Bruce
Edgar O. Brunner
Carl C. Bumes
Harry T. Charlier
Jakubec Cipvian
Harry B. Conkhn
Clay H. Drenon
Mbeit F. EUer
Samuel H. Ellis

Thomas Gikoy
Harry Gipson
Bill H. Goodwin
CharUe M. Grover
Wilbur W. Hawkins
Mirl G. Hendon
Delbert D. Hull
Edgar Jolly
Sam Kemp
Carroll R. Kenney
William Koslowsky
Ale.xander G. Lacy
Frederick Lane
Lee Land
Noah C. Lawson
John Lezynski
George V. Linderman
Loyd Lockard
Ra>Tnond R. McDaniel
Paul Meyer
Marin Moreno
Clyde Morrison
WilKam E. Naecker
Severo Najar
Leonard Nalley
Frank Patterson
Joseph Pere
Mike P. Perez
James L. Phillips
Earl Price
Myron Prosser
George E. Prugh
Ferdinand Rau
Thomas D. Robinson
Alfred C. Salton
Clyde C. Sayers

Charles L. Shaddox
Daniel D. Shattuck
Benford R. Shepard
Samuel L. Skinner
Richard S. Strickland
Robert Stubbs
Claud Tarvin
Jessie W. Taylor
Louis Taylor
Jesse C. Thomas
Robert Thornton
Arley Tinsley
Charles C. Tyler
Loren Turner
William Waddle
James A. Waldrum
Fred Welde
Gary E. WeUs
Robert Williams
Thomas R. Williams
Eari WUton
John Wirgo
Frank E. Wheeler
Edward R. Wombacher
Frank B. Woodward

Privates — First Clas."
George C. Arim
Clifford Carlisle
Buster Causey
Harold J. Johnson
Rufus D. Raines
Frank D. Scruggs
Grant Smothers
Dick D. Swartz
Forrest B. Williams

Privates

Roy E. Bookout
Daniel W. Freeman
WiUiam Griffion
Walter G. Hopkins
Edward Hutchinson
Niels C. Jensen
Alfred L. Keenum
Earl Lanphear
Frederick A. Lincoln
WiUiam T. Lowry
Tresmon Miller
Reuben F. K. Moore
Donald D. Stambaugh
Charles T. Stinnett
Thomas C. Sumner
Emil E. Widle
William D. Willis

Ordnance Detachment
19th Infantry

Sergeant
John W. Outlaw

Privates — First Class

John J. Cheslock
William C. Perry

Privates

Joseph Baranski
Ben Tomlin
Irvin R. VoUrath

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 19th INFANTRY

Major C. E. Drake, M.C.

Sergeant — First Class, Philip Bedore Sergeant — First Class, Homer B. Wright

Sergeant, Louis H. Kiefer

Privates — First Class
Henry M. Heath Edmund \V. Kretschme'r

William H. Hosford Hester B. Martin

Clarence E. Johnson Henry W. Sikyta

Paul J. Keleher Jay T. Wantland

Privates
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Josef Keiznar
Jobie D. Myers
Carrolton Pendergraft

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EIGHTY -FIFTH INFANTRY

Its Motto and Custom is '^Let*s Go"

REGARDLESS of what the future may hold for the
Eighty-fifth Infantrj% its officers and men beUeve
that the record of a few months has established its
reputation as one of the most efficient and rapidly formed
organizations that ever trained fC kill the Hun.

Although the regiment was officially created some weeks

earlier, it was not until
September 2, 1918, that
it was really bom. On
that date some 588 men
were mobilized through
the transfer of privates
and non-commissioned
officers from the Nine-
teenth Infantry.

Col. Josephus S. Cecil,
commanding the Eigity-
fifth Infantry, holds the
rare decoration, the
Medal of Honor, awarded
■for gallantry and dis-
tinguished service in the
attack upon and capture of the Cottas of Mount Bud-
Dajo, while serving as a lieutenant in the Nineteenth In-
fantry. Captain Wilbert McDonald, of the Supply Com-
pany, was awarded the Certificate of Merit for distin-
guished service as a sergeant in the same engagement.

Capt. Fred W. Adams, commanding Company M, was
awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in
action during the late war. In action near Soissons, July
22, 1918, Captain Adams, then a lieutenant attached to
the Sixteenth Infantry, distinguished himself by his cour-
age, judgment and leadership. "After the strength of the
regiment had been seriously reduced by losses," states the
War Department citation, "Lieutenant Adams took com-
mand of a large niunber of remaining troops, disposed
them in effective jwsitions, walking up and down the lines
under constant fire from the enemy, and by his example of
coolness and bravery, inspired his men to hold the position
they had gained."

Diligently as the men of the Eighty-fifth have pursued
their training course, they never have been subjected to a
program of all work and no play. Under the direction of
Capt. George A. McCallum, regimental athletic organiza-
tions were perfected with the result that many star
athletes were discovered and develof)ed, and high honors

were won. In a track meet held on November 9th, in
which all organizations of Camp Travis participated, the
Eighty-fifth won third place. recei%dng first place in the
tug of war; second place in medicine ball relay; and third
place in the 440-yard dash and the 880-yard relay. In
the second track meet of the season on November 30th,
the Eighty-fifth won second place. Although the regi-
ment possesses considerable baseball and football talent
the athletic activities were confined strictly to track
work.

The Eighty-fifth Infantry was one of the first regiments
to take advantage of the authorized method of indi\-idual
induction for assignment tO' the regimental band. Mu-
sicians were sought in all parts of the country, and many
band leaders co-operated with the regimental officers in
obtaining the desired talent.

A regimental club was organized early in the history of
the Eighty-fifth. Honorary presidency was conferred
upon Colonel Cecil, and Lieutenant Colonel John McE.
Pruyn was elected president. A club house was provided
in a building at the corner of Avenue D and Third Street,
formerly used as a regimental school, and after furnishers
and interior decorators had finished social functions were
held as regularly as duty permitted.

When the Eighteenth
Division was named the
Cactus Division, the Eighty-
fifth promptly planted splen-
did specimens of the cactus
plant in front of the Officers'
Club and elsewhere in the
regimental area. At the
suggestion of Colonel Cecil
scores of the prickly plants
were transferred to the ter-
races along Avenue D , where
they will remain, perhaps,
to remind visitors of the
Cactus Division long after
its demobilization.

The regimental motto is "Let's Go," and that has been
the regimental spirit since its birth. The excellent
showing of the men in a parade early in September,
shortly after thej- had entered the service, won special
commendation from Brig.-Gen. George H. Estes, com-
manding the division.

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COLONEL CECIL AND STAFF, 85th INFANTRY

Left to right — seated
Capt. A. J. Stark Major C. S. Price

Major Arthur Casey Major W. A. Ellis

Lieut.-Col. J. McE. Pruyn Major J. M. Watkins

Col. J. S. Cecil

Second row-
Major J. F. Dunshie, M. C.
1st Lieut. H. H. Thames
Capt. M. D. McAllister
1st Lieut. W. Brown

-standing

Capt. G. Child
1st Lieut. W. A. Rounds
Capt. W. G. Hodge
Capt. W. McDonald

Last row— standing
Capt. F. H. Martin, M. C. Chaplain Ray M. Camp

1st Lieut. E. F. G. Thacker, M. C. 2nd Lieut. C. Thomas

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-- »■■ —--r

1st Lieut. R. A. Gibson

Sergeant Majors
Jolin N. Stipe
Harry C. Ard
Howard M. Warner
Herman Goodwin
Joseph W. Shepherd

Color Sergeants
Delia Stamper
John L. Lane

Sergeants
Ulysses S. Newport (1st Sergt.)
Steven Pasternacki (Chief Mus.)
Frank A. Sebukaty
Robert W. Reynolds
George W. Robinson
Ernest A. Johnson
Wm. M. Hallibutton
James A. Weeks
Jasper W. Blount
Edward L. Wall
Henry L. Chapek
Harold G. Welborn
Charles C. Marsh (Sup. Sgt.)
Jodie E. McCord (Mess Sgt.)
Elias U. Gamble (Stable Sgt.)
Thomas E. Bletcher
Donald N. Shepherd

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, Soth INFANTRY

Captain H. Leachman
1st Lieut. Chas. M. Withrow 2nd Lieut. Wiley L. Elliott

2nd Lieut. Henry T. Crossen

Corporals
Wilson W. Loper
Henry H. Wynne, Jr.
Tommie K. Panties
George E. Leverton
John O. Eldridge
Alexander Zreamby
Lee J. McDonald
Charb'e W. Boyens
William L. Gilson
Clarence H. Kerr
Irva J. Black
John Ronan
Edward E. Sperry
Lohr G. Brill
Claude L. Lindley
Raymond Banazik
George Wilt

Musicians — First Class
Frank W. Barth
Peter T. Henrikson
Lyndell H. Walthall

Musicians — Second Class
Walter C. Allen
Walter W. Arkebauer
William W. Cook
Henry .\. Kuzel

Musicians — Third Class
John H. Anderson
Albert C. Camp
Murlin B. Leeper
Shellie F. Martin
James W. Prather
Emil E. Rapstine
George E. Rice
Sydney Rosen
Joe F. Schott
John F. Starry
Gust Tsesmelis

Horseshoer
Ludvik J. Snokehouse

Mechanics
Roscoe Leslie
John G. Word

Privates — First Class
Fred Clark
Paul Estock
Russell V. Goble
Barnett Lanesman

Privates
Eugenio Aguerro
Juan Alarid
Richard E. .Mien

Henry H. Almon
Benjiman A. Baldwin
Charlie T. Bell
Fred O. Bennett
Bryan T. Billups
Kerby Black
William E. Black
Roy L. Bowles
Charlie C. Bowan
Looney J. Bowman
Harvey F. Bracket!
John A. Brigham
Floyd L. Brown
Walton E. Brown
Elbert R. Bryant
August A. Buehler
Ambrose W. Burdine
Ernest P. Burns
Johnie T. Burton
Dock Carter
Alex. Cavalier
Henry H. Caywood
Murt B. Clifton
Walter S. Cochran
Walter S. Cooper
Henry T. Cockerell
William R. Cooley
Jesse C. Courtney
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MACHINE GUN COMPANY, 85th INFANTRY

Captain Richard Bentley " Captain H. E. Parsons

1st Lieut. Wilh'am H. Reynolds 1st Sergeant Chester R. Vaughan

Sergeants

Jack L. Back

Roy A. Milner

Buddy Boyd

Daniel J. Daugherty

Alex. Bellman

Jessie H. Townsend

-Arthur B. Buford

Lex L. Brown

Robert P. Boggus

Joseph P. Caporal

Edward F. Burks

Ernest E. Tompkins

WiUis L. Curry

Sullivan R. Callahan

Corporals

William L. Cr>'er

Charles G. Henry

Jess Carter

Allen J. Cook

Tommie Cromeens

Clyde Campbell

Charles G. Chandler

John E. Gray

Ira Dodson

Battis L. Smith

Roy Edwards

William R. Allen

Rufus E. Edwards

Walter J. Otremba

.\nsel E. Gallaway

Wallace Ashley

Wesley Griest

Cook

Grover C. Howard

Lando Harris

Fritz Guentert

Rudolph Hunger

Privates— First Class

Roger A. Kerr

Walter Behnke
Thomas Bell
Ambrosy J. Taras

Walter A. Keegan
James W. Loughmiller
Florian Lukaszewski
Tony Leone

Privates

Will J. McCarty

Alfred J. Abbott

Fred A. McGlothlin

Lee C. Anderson

Charlie Moore

Charlie C. Martin
Tolbert Moncrief
Peter Manning
John F. Pauls
Gus Patteson
Stanley Pozorski
John J. Reidy
Ijouis Resnick
Vichel H. Rodgers
Julian Romero
Fred Sledge
Charles A. Stringer
Hugh J. Shearer
Henry F. Sikes
Richard C. Strickland
Wayne R. Short
Phocian L. Simpson
Paul A. Smith
Oliver Spradling
Clyde E. Tate
Cleveland T. Tipton
Newt B. TuUis
Fred V'oges
Harry E. Waggoner
Hugo D. Winfrey
Max O. Wenzel
Willis D. Young
Sabastino Zaccaria

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

SUrri.V CU.Ml'ANY, 85th INFANTRY

Captain Wilbert McDonald

1st Lieut. William H. Jarrell
1st Lieut. John Getgay

2nd Lieut. Earl I. Stewart
2nd Lieut. Redmond Granzow

Regimental Supply Sergeants
Adolph Talerico
Daniel S. Miller
John W. Cordell
1st Sergeant
Edward H. Pickens
Supply Sergeants
Walter A. Guy
Ben H. McCarty
Leo B. Thome

Mess Sergeant
Robert H. Ball

Stable Sergeant
Leonard W. Pearson

Sergeants
Orville Denison
Stefan Keller

Corporals
Thomas B. Baker
Marshall E. Gurley

Alexander Hohn
Turner J. Lindsey
Claude Smith

Cooks
John F. Barcroft
Laird Cometsevah
John Dorgan
James M. Farris
Charles Hardin
Robert L. Hamlin
Frank J. Marbach

Saddlers
Eddie L. Hallmark
Moses K. Rains

Mechanics
John A. Baeurle
Harold M. Dye
Del E. Wells

Horseshoers
Alfred C. Compton
Giles L. Sumrall

Wagoners

Hugh Barber
Vasker A. Barker
Richard E. Bayer
George F. Brawley
Otto M. Benkelberg
Julius Bose
Floyd P. Bowers
David D. Brewer
William L. Broetz
Charles C. Carney
Thomas E. Cox
George E. Craig
Fred E. Cole
Jess L. Carver
Calvert B. Carter
Elo Chollett
Samuel P. Cole
George W. Crommie
James M. Dorris
Fred R. Dickerson
Alonzo A. Doggett
Egnar N. Edquist

Abraham B. Enloe
Frank Fried
William H. Gamble
Arthur Green
Ernest Green
Eugene Green
Edward K. Garrison
Willie Gloor
Wert W. Haywood
Otto Himly
Fred G. Hahn
Warren E. Hawkins
Fred A. Heid
Walter A. HiUiard
George D. Hagans
Vonnie U. Hallmark
WiUiam H. Hamilton
Plenie Johnson
Thomas T. Jackson
Walter L. Kennedy
Oliver Kennedy
Elo A. Kuhn

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1st Lieut. Lewis M. Means
1st Lieut. John B. Brettell

Sergeants
Bryan N. Hamilton
Roscoe H. Stocks
William H. Cyrus
Oran G. Baize
Samuel J. Hicks
Charley Clark
Vernon J. Smith

Corporals
Ira J. Shanks
Anloni Lesczcynski
Mihran Simonian
Herman J. Drake
Jesse W. Gilbreath
Ebb A. Bullock
James V. Nuckols
Hardee M. Guynes
Joseph Serridge
Theodore E. Peek
Leon Beauregard
George L. Allen
Fred King
Rov T. Fields
Gordon R. Mitchell

COMPANY "A," 85th INFANTRY

Captain Bruce Q. Nabers
1st Sergeant Irvin A. Wiswell
1st Sergeant George A. Klein, Jr.

Supply Sergeant Thaddeus B. Moreman
Mess Sergeant Arthur L. Newton

Cooks

Chester W. Holmes
Franklyn E. Morrow
Raymond Daniel
CUnton C. Medford

Mechanics

James L. .^Iford
Eli Obradovic

Privates — First Class

Charles F. Jezek
Joseph F. Kustak
Martin Miretsky

Privates

James T. Armer
Miguel Asebedo
George Bailey
Ludwig J. Bitterly
Henry G. Bland
Ernest A. Boldes
Howard Brown

Willie Brown
Samuel Butera
Arthur C. Calder
Ernest A. Cartwright
Arch Cavender
Fritz Dahmann
Leanadus L. Davis
Perry P. Dickinson
William Doble
Lewis R. Dunwoody
Ira Eddy-
John H. Folk
Burton Foote
Carl C. Foster
John D. Freeman
John Q. .■\. Freeman
Andrew J. Gafford
Oscar G. Gips
Johann J. Goewe
William C. Gorman
Bryan Griffin
Otto Grunwald
Norman Gunn
Marvin E. Heard
Fred J. Hellwig

Carl Y. Henley
Curtis L. Hurst
Ernest Jackson
Julius Jaffee
Emil F. Janssen
George Kennemur
James A. Kerss
William Kohler
William J. Lau
Emery Lister
Wilbum A. McGrady
Roy C. Means
Oscar W. Metzger
William T. Morrison
Andrew P. Munden
Dick Parker
Jules V. Shell
John F. Short
Charles R. Stover
Oliver Walker
Benno Weinheimer
Clarence Willingham

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

COMPANY "B," 85th INFANTRY

Captain John Joseph Murphy
1st Lieut. Frank M. Schwarzmeier 1st Lieut. Gordon M. Ellis 1st Lieut. William T. Zorn 2nd Lieut. Paul C. Yecker

1st Sergeant Samuel Moskowitz 1st Sergeant John P. Bodecker

Mess Sergeant Birchie S. Davis Supply Sergeant George D. Backee

Sergeants

James Brown
Miles Glaze
Amie W. Cooper
Fred Farha
WiUiam D. Taylor
Joseph Manna
Clarence L. Meredith
Anton B. Pashackoris
Sam Spenny

Corporals

Tommie Pettis
Vincent C. Adams
Geary S. Miskuff
FeU.x W. Wise
Enford T. Glenn
Royal W. Anderson
William G. Stan-
George Papsin
Willie J. Collier
Robert E. Gothard
Fred R. Raines
Owen P. Spivey

William J. Addison
Willie StricUand

Cooks

Virgil C. Beck
Sidney L. Xeeley
Silas D. Rutledge
Emil Marmitt

Mechanics

Andrew Shaw
Emmett H. Josey

Bugler

George M. Newby

Private — First Class
Serke Zarembowsky

Privates

Thompson E. Baugh
William Cosbey

Victor Cruz
Owen Dooley
Jim M. Edwards
Ernest G. Flores
Max Ginsberg
Clarence E. Hairston
.\hnon D. Hall
Leo P. Hart
Felix V. Howe
William G. Hubertus
Felix Kensing
Joe Kolar
Stefan Kurpan
Walter H. Leissner
Ollie L. Lewis
• Jerr>' .^. Mabrj', Jr.
Benjman H. ^layfield
William J. McGehee
Ernest D. McKee
Harry W. MiUer
PhiUp L. Mora
Rosendo Morelion
Odas C. Mullen
William O. ^Murray
Dan C. Nuckolls

Stokes L. Page
George W. Pierce
Howard A. Pounds
Ned W. Prather
Guy N. Quirl
John F. F. Rath
Samuel Robison
Driuy Roper
Salvador Salerno
Leopaed Sana
Leo Scharf
Paul Schmitt
John Seymore
Fred G. Shramek
John T. Smiley
Harris W. Swan
Chariie .\. Thackerson
Clarence C. Turner
Ben L. Warzecha
Frank J. Warzecha
Joseph T. Warzecha
Joseph M. W^eathersbee
Peter Wellies
ilartin V. Worrell
Richard Zinsmever

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COMPANY "C," 85th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Edward M. Giles
1st Sergeant Rufford O. Evans

Captain Evan A. Powell

1st Lieut. Leslie G. Knapp
Mess Sergeant Alva E. Lane

2nd Lieut. Sranley Geriba

Supply Sergeant Colie J. Williamson

Sergeants

Cecil B. Marshall
James M. Choate
Patrick J. Hagerty
Benjamin H. Chandler
George W. Standi
William T. Cox
Anthony Peter

Corporals

William L. Alexander
Chester Schoonmaker
John F. Sinnott
James P. Willis
John R. Stanislaw
William Mastenbrook
Kjeld M. K. Sorenson
Emerson E. Dray
Loye Barnhill
William Thompson
William W. Anderson
Peter Briere
Robert B. Caskey
Charles B. Germany

Cooks
Charles J. Healy
Gan W. Johnson
.\ndrew R. Van Arsdale

Mechanics
William F. Harris
Samuel A. Woolwine
Bugler
Joseph Gray

Privates — First Class
Jackson P. Atkins
James R. Brannan
James R. Clem
Cosy T. Everett
Francis Gleason
Lawrence L. Johnson
Erwin Kepp
Arthur W. Lunt
Raymond J. Powell
Sam. Reale
Elbert St. Clair
Harold D. Scoll
Charles H. Stone
DeWitt C. Williams

Privates
James C. Adams
Earl B. Allen
WiUiam T. Allen
John Arnell
WilUe B. Baker
Robert G. Bishop
John W. Bowman
Charles E. Carroll
John Cikanck
Jeremiah T. Crabb
Marshel T. Damron
Barl. Daniels
Joe Dulin
Bart. Falks
Oscar A. Free
Harvey A. Frye
Craig M. Gamble
John A. Haney
CoUie N. Harris
Robert G. Hinds
John W. Hodge
Willis H. Holcomb
William E. Howard
Willie W. Johnson

Hubert B. Jones
Jesse R. Laney
William Melton
John W. Millermon
Lois C. Parks
Dee A. Pratt
John R. Purcell
John L. Quick
Otto E. Raabe
Edmund C. RejTiolds
John H. Sawyer
Charlie F. Schweers
Bonnie Shelton
Claud W. Shopher
Jess C. Sims
Doctor H. Smith
Chalrss H. Southern
Albert S. Stanton
Herbert L. Stone
Otis Tavlor
William' H.Taylor
Dock Thompson
Walker T. Timms
Jim. Wimberly
Manville H. Wood

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COMPANY "D," 85th INFANTRY

Captain Arthur W. Coleman

Captain George A. McCallum

1st Lieut. Paul J. Aubineau
1st Lieut. William W. Schwartz

Sergeants

Charles E. Trainer
Elmer McCombs
Charles W. Gaston
William B. Herndon

Corporals

Lum King
William J. Koons
Tony OUvero
Elmer H. Gregory-
Lyle T. Forbes
Samuel A. White
Joe O'Neal
George E. Mason
Coke C. Gates
Clio L. Hess.
John C. Langton

Cooks

George Sochko
Harry Schleicher
Burl B. Brockus

1st Lieut. Garland DeGraffenried
1st Sergeant Peter L. Milliard

Supply Sergeant Clarence H. Brown
Mess Sergeant William Gibb .

Mechanics
Joseph H. Reedv
Patrick O'Donn'ell

Buglers
Robert Kirkpatrick .
David W. Knight

Privates — First Class
Louis Dario
Grover C. Conner
Spurgeon L. Brannon
Daniel Gellock
Joseph L. Gist
Ira H. HaU
Lee Roy Nash
Waclow Piasecki
Leon Refeld
Royal C. Stiles

Privates
Charles Ahlgrim
Don C. Brown
William E. Brackeen
Aron T. B\Tium
\"emon L. Cresswell
Clemuel C. Chisam

William Donaldson
Alvis Derryberry
Nolia G. EUiston
Felix Ellebrecht
Tom Foster
Mack Fielder
Jacob Frieberger
John B. Fikes
William Gaedke
Oscar W. Gohmert
Harry B. Hatch
Otto W. Harms
Thomas F. Hedrick
Charles R. House
Ralph A. Hughes
Warner B. Hester
John P. Hunt
Edmund J. Ideus
Otto J. Jennsen
Eramett A. Kent
Ewaldo Kansteiner
William Key
Eberhardt Knippa
Alvin Kendrick
Rudolph E. Lewis

Eugene E. Lucas
George McCoy
Andy McCullough
Ferdinand Mochost
Willie Mueller
Bias Olvera
Henry Raney
Robert Randolph
Ewaldo Rabenaldt
John Roberts
Henry Roeben
Samuel E. Sawj'crs
Emil Stoeltje
Wilbern Summerlin
Pvichard Scholz
Rainhold Seiffert
Alfred Schueneman
Martin Schultea
Sheridan F. Taylor
Charles Tindol
Berry O. Wilkins
William Wrather
Floyd Waller
Carl Weissmann
Martin L. York

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COMPANY "E," 85th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Harry West

1st Sergeant Richard J. Drake

1st Lieut. Edward D. Sullivan
Supply Sergeant Everet W. Trimble

2d Lieut. Clyde E. Hale
Mess Sergeant James R. Willis

Sergeants
Glenn Wichman
Vandorn O. Hammond
Joseph Ouellette
Patrick D. Brown
Tom Sorrel

Corporals
Glenn L. Hogan
Peter M. Leclair
Nathan F. Smith
Vance Tyson
Gordon Hendrix
Edward L. Peters
Willie E. Swink
Richard M. Rice

Cooks
Wayne T>. Pierce
Joe E. Parker
Elmer Dean
John T,. Beard

Mechanics

J. K. Stults

Jefferson O. McClusky

Privates

Earnest G. Deering
Samuel M. Glickman
Clinton Funderburk
Carl H. Kunsmueller
Bertie C. Webb
Ovid E. Abies
Guy W. Anderson
Earnest P. Burnett
Robert R. Buffington
Walter J. Boutte
Arthur Callahan
Banjamin F. Coflty
Hugh Chumley
Clarence A. Eaton
Baylis E. Farrell

Clarence A. Glassey
Winifred A. Grumbles
Morgan A. Hartley
Isaac M. Howard
Lory Hopper
Thomas J. Higginbotham
John C. Riser
Roy Landers
Earl Malone
WiUiam H. McKee
Archibald McDuffie
Walter F. Monford
Robert Miles
DeWitt Mitchell
Houston R. Middlebrook
Adolph Meyer
Artie Norton
William E. Riddle
James A. Ramsey
Reinhardt Reger
Willie V. Self
Ben O. Schreckengaust

George K. Stephens
Isaac L. Stephenson
Captain D. SuUins
Eric Sunden
Oscar W. Smith
Garland Swaner
Joe A. Swoboda
Rolghyie Turpin
Dave Tipton
Charlie A. Tonn
Earnest E. Turner
Ocie M. Turner
Theodore Vahrenkamp
Lewis E. Weaver
Clay T. Williams
Newton A. Wilhams
Montie E. Williams
Samuel R. Williams
Samuel P. Williams
Will R. Williams
Will B. Williams
Leroy Wigley

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

1st Lieut. John M. Higgins

1st Sergeant George M. Louthan

COMPANY "F," 85th INFANTRY

Captain John H. Whidden

1st Lieut. Francis S. McManus
Mess Sergeant Perry H. Howard

2nd Lieut. James L. Moore
Supply Sergeant Louis Wolff

Sergeants

Abe Hohauser
John M. Carr
John J. Metkus
Emmett C. Adamson
Ned M. Schaaf
Cvrus Green
Burrell F. Word
Howard L. Rudolph
Lawrence L. Rodman
Herbert A. Jones

Corporals

John S. Black
Edwin W. CoveU
Fred E. Zwiefel
Fred N. Scott
George E. Blair _
Lawrence B. Smith
John Menosky
John J. Stasny
Walter M. Sprinkle
Edward Murphy
Fred W. Kohloff

Andy B. Guidry
John P. Marek
Lewis Cox
John Clay
Elmer E. Lindsey

Cooks
Conrad Watkowski
Thornton Parrish
Wilhelm J. H. Gerken
Charlie M. Zimmerlee

Mechanics
William E. Fries
Vernon J. Howard
Arthur S. Myers
Paul G. Jesse

Bugler
William J. Brown

Privates — First Class
Aimer E. Amundson
Bernard C. Beck
Robert J. Benson
John Braly
Walter H. Lucas

Albert Ctvrtlik
James A. Metz
William D. McMillon
Rayford B. O'Neal

Privates
Lloyd H. Albright
Walter H. Bones
Elmer Clark
John E. Corley
William E. Crenshaw
James W. Crite
Robert H. Currie
Harry H. Dodson
James I. Frame
Michael H. Graybill
Marcos Garcia
John P. Hale
Fred B. Hamilton
Leigh B. Harkey
George J. Harms
Elbert H. Harris
William L. Hawthorne
Frank W. Henson
Owen Hill

Joseph E. Hines
William M. Jenkins
Albert J. M. Kunkel
Dorse McFadden
Cater H. Morgan
James H. Morgan
Valentine Nemec
Virgil C. Northington
Jimmie Porter
Charles Prcin
George L. Reeder
John A. Rogers
Charles E. Watkins
Kyle T. Weaver
Thomas E. Webb
Frank E. Word
Paul T. Zimmerman
Loyd C. Anderson
Clarence T. Beckett
Omar R. Campbell
Arthur V. Craig
Frank A. Hannah
Thomas C. Newson
Sylyen J. Sandage
Robert E. Williams

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Captain John C. Byrne
Captain Nathan W. Legrand
Captain Ira L. Irving

COMPANY "G," 85th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Walter R. Blair
1st Lieut. Lloyd S. Cleveland
2nd Lieut. John W. Love

1st Sergeant Thomas J. Wood
Mess Sergeant Joseph L. Albers
Supply Sergeant Otto R. Manke

Sergeants

Carl T. McDonald
Herbert Lee
Ervond Pollard
John D. Ott
Jack G. Leak
Loyal Carr
Otho O. Goings
Frederick L. Harris

Corporals

William H. Freiberger
James L. Berry
Hillyer H. Welborn
George H. Edmonds
Gardner R. Coleman
Howe M. Frisbie
Walter Lind
George B. Diamond
Webster J. Bachelot
David W. Frasier
Jasper M. Molsberry
Joseph C. Whittington
Warren D. Marsh

Cooks
Alex. C. Monroe
Vernon C. McCall
Claudie G. Smith
Edmond F. Dreier

Mechanics
Arthur Adler
Robert E. Dewberry

Bugler
I-enie H. Smith
Privates — First Class
Robert L. Bullock
Jonah Carroll
Thomas F. Gannon
Edwin R. Gill
Elmer C. Hoffert
Charles C. Johnson
Fred W. Lipscomb
August H. Lichtenberg
Fred Poage
Henry M. Gilbert
Riley M. Short
Lewis M. Turner

Privates
Ernest Brasher

James L. Brown
Oscar Burk
Ike Brumbelow
Willie Carter
James A. Carter
Earl Coffey
James O. Eidson
James H. Fair
James C. Farmer
Robert L. Farmer
Alfred C. Gutmann
Thomas D. Hanson
Joseph C. Harlan
Otto E. Hackbarth
Adolph E. Homeyer
Aksel Haugen
Hubert O. Jay
Frank H. Johnson
Wash. Kwiatkoski
Frank A. Klepac
August Kiphen
Johnnie O. Ludwick
John P. Lowe
John A. Labaume
Leon R. McCarty
Rufus Moore

Ernest McBryde
Thomas C. Morgan
Marshall D. C. Miller
Luther A. Neeley
Floy Neal
Louis Novak
Edward E. Phillips
Herman C. Phillip
Fred Phillips
James J. Parrish
Willie J. Patton
William O. Pendleton
Joseph R. Quiim
Willie J. Quiram
Joe V. Ray
Harry Redeker
Charlie C. Redden
Ben. Smith
Frank B. Smith
David L. Smith
Roy B. Spencer
Robert W. Sledge
Delmar J. Scale
William L. Sanders
Earl Snapp
George D. Short

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COMPANY '-H." 8oth INFANTRY

Captain Vincent H. Bell 1st Lieut. Douglas S. Shapre 1st Sergeant Lawrence Tonder

Mess Sergeant Wesley J. Shrader Supply Sergeant Edward Rumpf

Sergeants

Victor Czajkowski
Orion W. Crane
August J. Bianco
Roy B. Stodghill
Cbas. H. French

Corporals

Floyd Lesh
Aziel H. Bloom
Eppy J. Kernes
Leo James
Julian B. Andrews
Thomas J. Phipps
Albert Bissell

Cooks
William E. KeUey
Burrell Welch
Everett D. Lotton

Mechanics
Glenn P. Boyer
Anton Fleisher

Privates — First Class

Berbet J. Beck
James F. Brackens
Newton W. Babb
Thunnan M. Gates
George W. EUis
William Humelhanz
Richard Mahan
George Orloski
Nolan A. Reed
Jacob A. Sawatzky
John F. Stewart

Privates

Santiago Alderete
Lonnie Armentrout
George E. Backman
John Booth
Arthur D. Barnett
Aubrey H. Blose
Ray Bumes
Balus C. Busby
CUfford Beaushaw

William E. Boyles
Claud F. Capps
Clarence Carlile
Louis J. Cotromanes
Edgar L. Coney
Claud F. CorbeU
Charles A. Davis
Jennis H. Foltz
Louis D. Forson
John F. Green
John D. Hutchins
Mitchell Hightower
Everett P. Ingram
Ohver B. Jester
Adolph F. Johnson
Conrad Kenzler
Henry H. Kirk
James O. McMorris
Hugh D. Mason
Anthony J. Mendive
John H. May
Bennie H. McCaslin
Thomas S. Mabr>'
Otto Nugent

Arthur J. Parks
Rock Perkins
Albert Patton
Virgil C. Reedy
William H. Taylor
Oscar J. Wangerman
Cecil O. Witt
.\rthur Wood
James R. Wylie
Hosey Ward
Leroy Ziegler
Edgar C. Allison
Hubert A. Angleton
William A. Baker
Jack Besser
Luther Cassey
Robert C. Harcrow
.\lbert L. Page
Hal Edgar Shannon
James C. Weston
Thomas S. Wade
Roy V. Warden
AsaT. Wynn
Luther C. Watkins

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Captain Sylvan B. Simpson 1st. Lieut. Frank E. Washburn

1st Sergeant Frank Goddard

Sergeants
Stanley M. Stettz
Willie C. Burgess
Carroll T. Rice
James H. Black
Sixtus Gabrysch
James E. Howell
Lacey M. Rumsey
Arnold C. Weeks

Corporals
Alton H. Kimzey
Edward Wacek
Nelson Bond
Theodore R. Titus
John R. Tichacek
Alton Crowder

Harvey N. Avery
Henry C. Riser
Clarence A. Siegfred
Barney Rogers
John W. McCormack
Glen Bell
Leo Wisniewski

Cook
Notre P. Stegall

Mechanics
Fred Clarke
Charles W. Van Riper
Michael W. Murphy

Bugler
Leo M. Barrett

Privates — First Class
Robert H. Allen
William Breese
Cecil W. Butler
John Donahue
Edward B. Grunwakl
Fred J. Janes
Frank Johnson
Gene LeRoy
Joe M. Lindsey
Francis L. Massicot
Louis V. Mezydlo
Albert G. Miller
Monroe W. Spence -
Setgius Smith

Privates
Charles C. Appel
Willie R. Barnes
Clyde C. Billingsle\'
William A. Bridges
Henry A. Cline
Sidney B. Collins
Samuel C. Cowan
Albert D. Drake
Henry F. Fabian
Frederick S. Frary
Joseph P. Gilmore
Ercey L. Hanes
John H. Hill
Charles B. Isenburg
Willie Jolinson

Troy K. Jones
Jonathan S. Kilgore
Robert Kohl
Louis Larza
Loranzy J. Lewis
Charles Metres
Robert F. Mitchell
Joseph Moody
Grover A. McMurry
Maxwell M. Norris
Joniy R. Pearson
James A. Prater
James L. Rattan
Gabriel C. Salles
Martin C. Sanchez
Carl W. Sweatt

Daniel R. Triche
Genie T. Warren
Charlie Wood
Spencer Young, Jr.
Otto Zipperlin
Bryant E. Davis
Newton T. Davis
I'rank Doering, Jr.
Thomas F. Dooley ■
Lester Mc. Dover
Arthur C. Duclos
Joseph E. Eckert
John H. Evans
Thomas F. Fowler
Jessie Gracey
McKinley Gregory

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1st Lieut. Thonas MacLachlan
1st Sergeant James R. Balding

COMPANY "K," 85th INFANTRY

Captain John E. Martin
1st Lieut. Lawrence N. Kremer
Supply Sergeant Paul Brandenburger

Sergeants

Charlie F. Midkiff
Harry F. Robinson
Clarence A. Snyder
Leon Koonin
Albert H. Nichols

Corporals

Joseph Delisi
Harry O. Nelson
Clyde D. Johnson
Earl Blaisdell
Vincent P. Archer
George E. Winslow
Owen R. Kurtz
Anthony Breau
Leonard F. Saylor
James J. Vournazos
Earl Breitweiser

Mechanics

Joseph Bogdanski
Logan James

Cooks
John T. Bodine
George Dahlgren
William R. Landen

Buglers
William H. Folger
Lois Long

Privates — First Class
Alexander Balkovsky
Clyde A. Barden
Grafton C. Clark
William Connahan
Isaac M. LeGard
Frank Rebel

Privates
Frank Atbrecht
Chester Baldwin
Walter E. Bransdtetter
John S. Calloway
Willie Clark
King F. Dei
Ned B. DeWitt
Rudolph J. Engstrom

2nd Lieut, .\rthur F. Scott
Mess Sergeant Husey Robertson

Tollie Farrar
Carl A. Fenske
Albert L. Frerich
Jack D. Green
Charlie Gregor
Sam C. Harrell
Virgil J. Harvey
Frank Jones
Bedrick Klezla
Sep Kujawa
Charlie A. Lange
Wilford M. Lenunon
Riley R. Manning
Mike Martin
Mike Mocek
Walter Neilson
Robert P. Nicholson
Kay R. Nolen
George M. Page
Andrew Podraza
Edgar Robinson
WiU H. Shindler
John Smith
John G. Spoor

Paul A. Springfield
Leland R. Stewart
Henry T. Szymaszek
Tommie D. Teague
Arthur W. Thibodeaux
Donnis F. Thomas
Ila Townsley
Jesse W. Truelove
Delbert U. Wade
Burl C. West
Hiram E. Williams
James J. Wragg
Thomas R. Worthy
William F. Kruse
Jesse L. Lambert
Thomas A. Landon
Omer D. Lea veil
Cecil A. Looney
Thomas J. Mathews
Thomas J. McGuire
Albert W. Meyers
Alfred Newman
David J. Nowlin
Prinston Overstreet

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COMPANY "L," 85th INFANTRY

Captain William Beardall Captain W. P. Mayhew 1st Lieut. Marion A. Spinks

1st Lieut. Robert L. Peyton 2nd Lieut. Elmer E. Davis

Sergeants

Mack T. Canady
Steve Garver
Hugh T. Griner
Walter R. Heaton
Claude Henninger
James E. Lewis
Cooper G. Lowe
Henry W. Lyons
Thomas D. Morrison

Corporals

Hugh W. Boyd
John'N. Carmean
PeteCulwell
Albert Czerniak
Jack C.JDailey
William S. Lawson

Bert L. Mills
Floyd L. Purnell
Leon H. Watson

Mechanic
Ernest Oldag

Cooks
Orville C. Adams
William E. Hines
George D. Mitchell

Bugler
Merritt C. Guthrie

Privates
Eddie Ballard
Gilmore Couvillion
Charles H. Dalton

N. R. Davidson
Joe DeDemarco
Clifton Dennis
Raymond R. Dirba
George Foy
John Gottschalk
Alfred A. Jacker
AUred Hahn
Oliver W. Harvy
Ewald K. House
Levi Hutto
Eugene F. Johnson
Frank N. Jovanovich
Fred Koch
Joe Larance
Clinton Lawson
Cornish H. Malone
James M. Manus
John Maresh
Ben W. Martin

Hollie Mcllvain
Watson A. McKee
Joe S. McKnight
Jack P. MoUoy
John L. Mullins
Robert W. Munson
John M. Noel
Jesse R. Norris
Walter F. Oswalt
Lee Parker
Roy G. Patterson
Hozy M. Potter
John H. Price
Paul Reckaway
Edmond L. Russell
Charles Schultz
Frederick Schultz
Lonnie Shivers
Joe Smith
Samuel H. Snapp

Floyd A. Summers
John Thonstad
Hal. R. Townsend
David A. Turpin
Thomas M. Williams
Eari S. Wood
James O. Wilson
Eari G. Stanley
Albert E. Welch
Amia L. Whitfield
John C. Wallner
Stanley R. Slaton
Will Lyons
Charley H. Kinney
Carlton A. Knight
Granville Jones
Bert Jones
Thomas A. Jackson
Albert H. Kittler
Garlin Henderson

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COMPANY 'M,' 8oth INFANTRY

Captain Herbert Leachman
1st Lieut. Carl A. Peterson

1st Lieut. Edgar D. Starbuck
2nd Lieut. Fred A. Templeton

1st Lieut. Edward O. Little
1st Sergeant Otto H. Haardt

Supply Sergeant .\nton Weilgoez

iless Sergeant Falas F. Booker

Sergeants

Gaston C. Bourgeois

W^ade H. Furr

John C. Surovik

Adolph Walker
Hans Halve

Edward J. Murray

Fred E. Gray

Walter TidweU

Richard P. Yarbrough

George R. Glasscock

Charles R. Tyler

Barney Czyz

Howard Herbert

John Thiebaud

Corporals

Oren L. Darnell ;

\'irgil A. Jackson

0. B. Thompson

Harry D. Bailey

Oscar L. Davis

Clarence A. Kendrick

Paul H. Tomlinson

Earl L. Gammons

Emory Henderson

Washie U. Naler

William E. Tucker

Herbert L. Mitchell

Joseph Stephen

Luther Maness

John Wasicek

Thomas M. Scott

Con Kutch

Allen H. McShan

Willie W. Week

Charles E. Hendrick

Jessie H. Peed

Herman Worthington

EmUH. MuUer

Privates

Roy C. Parker

John A. W'illiams

Cooks

Clifford 0. Allard

Frank Pechal

FeUx Young

Arthur J. Autrey

Francisco Pitarra

Herbert L. Thompson

George Beyer

Pedro Alvaras

John J. Riley

James L. Parmley

.\lbert Cholet

Marion L. .\wbrey

John C. Rau

Edgar A. Sammons

Oscar Otho

Frank Bridges

Virgil A. Ridings

Joseph Pierce

Mechanics

Eldridge W. Biggs

Faustino G. Rayes

Chester A. Philpot

Thomas E. Hamilton
Nelson Woge
Arthur J. Wilson

Ma.\ Brustein

Sebastein Rodriquez

Charles 0. Pugh

Earl D. Cloud

Clarence Snider

Dan L. Smith

John M. Coker
Zaragosa Cruz

John C. Sifford
Dan R. Shuford

Hillman H. Smith
Marvin B. Wadley

Privates — First Class

Minguel Carter

Neely E. Shank

William E. Scribner

Albert Barth

.\n drew L. Davis

Joshua J. Sellars

Frank W. Scheel

'^■IM

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 85th INFANTRY

Major John F. Dunshie

Captain William J. Douglas Captain Orlando F. Partridge Captain Frederick H. Martin

Sergeant First-Class, Ralph E. Lanham

Clarence H. Johnson

Rufus E. Gilbreath
William H. Ketsdever

Frank L. Adcock
0?car D. Harrington
Bernard A. Beason

Sergeants
Victor H. Arnold

Privates — First Class
Louis M. Loudermilk
Patrick A. Redwine

Privates
Cvril T. EzeU
Bobbie J. Hattox
Bartous T. Jackson
Milton P. Simmons

John L. Pepper

William O. Shannon
Kenneth F. Whitebread

Earl A. Joy
Christ. Loucas
Lynn H. McClain

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MAJOR JOWITT AXD STAFF, 53rd MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Left to right:
1st Lieut. Wallace P. Martin 2nd Lieut. Franck J. C. Loubat Major Thad C. Jowitt 2nd Lieut. Thomas E. Prather

FIFTY-THIRD MACHINE GUN BATTALION

They Carried On With That Famous M. G. Click

THE Fifty-third Machine Gun Battalion, under com-
mand of Major T. C. Jowitt, was the infant unit of
the Cactus Division. Formed in October and No-
ember, it took its place in the Eighteenth to make that
division complete for overseas service. The nucleus of the
battalion was formed from the Nineteenth and Thirty-
fifth Inf. and picked men from Camp Hancock, Georgia.
Of the men from the Nineteenth and Thirty-fifth, there
is little to be said, as they were regulars and the best sol-
diers to be had. All having had service on the border and
intensive overseas training, they were just the kind needed.
Although machine gunnery was new they fell to it with a
will and very shortly had the famous M. G. click in all
drills and duties.

The Hancock men were mostly new in the service, but
they were machine gunners, having had intensive training
imder officers of the American, British and French armies

in the latest tactics. The combination of both made the
best nucleus that could be had and a better, bolder
battalion could not be found.

The battalion was placed under command of Major
T. C. Jowitt, a veteran of the Spanish-American War who
had risen from the ranks. He is a real soldier, the true
type of an American officer, and the credit of progress made
can well be given to him.

Of course the signing of the armistice made our hopes
of foreign service a thing of the past, but the battalion is
still carrying on with that M. G. enthusiasm and click
that will put machine gunnery foremost among the
fighting units of the American army.

Major Jowitt was ably assisted by Lieut. F. J. C.
Loubat, adjutant, and Lieut. D. D. Hughes, supply officer,
who put forth their best in every way to the betterment
of the battalion.

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COMPANY "A'" 53rd MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Lieut. Alexander M. Munro
1st Sergeant James F. Shanley

Captain Chester A. McMillan

Lieut. Henry C. Richter
Supply Sergeant Samuel Rotter

Lieut. Karl R. Davis

Stable Sergeant Walter Gregory

Sergeants

Sidney E. Anderson
Lee E. Lyddon
Raymond M. Ritter
Charles R. Stephens
Victor M. Van Gieson

Corporals

Otis S. Capps
Harry C. Daniel
John D. Davidson
Norton V. Gorman
John R. Hart
Melville E. Loewus
Elmer E. Toepelman
Harry Zimmer

Bugler
James R. Board

Privates

David L. Anthony
Howard F. Arnold
Thomas H. Alexander
Fred M. Bachman
Perry A. Baker
Sidney Beckman
William Boutwell
Edward L. Bruders
Wilbur L. BaUard
George F. Bergman
Thomas F. Bielicke
Charles Bonar
Julian C. Brossette
Rufus Chappell
William Couch
Junior C. Coberly
Euclid A. Covington
George D. Cunningham
John V. Edgmand

Everitt H. Ellison-
William Fitzgibbons
Lisle C. Farris
Clem Ferges
Alpha B. Gaither
James Godbee
Dennis A. Galvin
Peter Geier
John A. Gordon
Norman L. Gray
Herman Hagen
Joseph Head
Frederick Hensel
Jack Hall

Thomas H. Hanger
Paul Heimsoth
Forrest I. Hosier
Alpha Johns
Huff Jones
Oliver Jones
William Joyce

Theodore Jerome
Paul Jachin
John T. Kendrick
George Katzulis
Clarence B. Kanatzar
WUUam J. King
Leo L. Lanahan
Firmin Landrieu
Arvid R. Larson
Asa V. Louk
Willard J. Loudon
Raymond J. Loughran
Amton J. Mattern
Sidney Mims
Simon B. McMahon
Arthur M. Moll
Robert Morris
Elmer J. Mullaney
William Paerson
Frederick J. Palmer
Gav D. Peterson

Lex Pressley
Reuben S. Padgett
Harold I. Stevens
Albert O. Skivens
Ernest B. Schrage
Howard E. Stockett
Claude D. Sweangen
Frank Tingen
Verne Theobold
Samuel F. Tucker
Dale B. Towne
Henry Vedrine
Joseph H. Wells
Claude A. West
Loren H. Wason
Joseph E. Wood
James Woodall
Myron D. Williams
Fred Zamzow

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COMPANY "B," o3rd MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Captain Edwin S. Beall
2d Lieut. John B. Rex Leary 2d Lieut. Ralph B. Crosby

Sergeants

Mancel D. Williams
Harry M.. Welch
Harry Hess
Omer D. Nolen

Corporetls :

Karl Hugo
Harry P. Weber
William R. Becker
Earl E. Carpenter
Alonzo C. Go win
James O. Seger
Howard H. Tower

Cook
George K. MuUins

Mechanic
Edward A. Voigt

Bugler
Harry L. Curl

Privates

George P. Anderson
Arthur R. Andrews
William B. Backus
Fred E. J. Bailey
Jerome N. Baum
Axel P. Bjorkman
Phillip Bloxhem
Elon J. Boone
William R. Bossout
Horace F. Bragg
Joseph F. Brich
Allen W. Brittain
Henry Bommelman
George M. Cagle
William G. Calkum
Walter A. Chase

Austin Clement
Michael Considine
Wilbur M. Collins
Leon Dobracyznski
Edgar A. Dopp
George S. Dowdle
Hohn T. Escheid
Charles E. Evans
Alvie J. Farnsworth
Tony Fleming
Joseph G. Flowers
Ray Frye
Owen O. Fowler
Frank G. Galloway
Charles T. Geising
Lennie A. Gilmore
John T. Glover
Orrin L. Coins
Glenn S. Grimsby
Arthur R. Haley ,
Watterson Hammett
X'ivian Hartgrove

Emil Haurin
Joseph Hofmeister
Eugene C. HoUis
Aylmer F. HoUoway
George C. Huebner
Dwight L. Hustead
Edwin H. T. Humbracht
Earl R. Jackson
George S. Jackson
Harold N. Johnson
Jens Keilstrup
Floyd Keiser
Charles W. Kemp
John H. Knight
William Koehler
Elmer R. Learn
Elbert H. Leek
Joseph L. Lambeth
Andrew B. Lassater
Clayton M. Logan
Cornelius Menzelaar
Roy E. Menefee

Ephrian B. Mobley
John T. Morgan
Herman Neinaber
Anton Nikolai
Raymond J. O'Mera
Elias M. Padget
Arvid F. Peterson
Hubert L. Phillips
Nicholas J. Pitt
Augustus L. Proctor
Henry F. Redemann
John A. Ringer
Bert C. Rutherford
William H. Summers
Teddy E. Sumrall
James Trimble
Hugh C. Vinton
Adlai E. Warden
McCoy C. Wisdom
James L. Williard
Emmett R. Walsh
John W. Walker

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COMPANY "C," 53id MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Captain William E. Hitchcock
Sergeants

Charles R. McVay

Monroe Conn

Eugene A. Vandeneynde

Corporals

Roy A. Dale
Jesse R. Hudson
Walther C. T. Lange

Privates

Bolden Alford

James L. Anderson ^

John Anderson

Joseph A. Bass

HoUis Bellamy

Curtis C. Bennett

Henry G. Blohm

Louis G. Bork

George D. Bosarge

Herbert H. Brayton

Thomas Brett

Spurgeon R. Brown

Lieut. Oscar Miller

Otto E. Buhr
Edward L. Burell
Lewis Bushey
Frank G. Busker
Clifford O. Caviness
John W. Coe
Rossa G. Coons
William C. Crow
Henry A. Crutcher
Sidney Egloff
Glenn G. Ellington
Frank J. Fleming
Juan C. Fernandez
Frank Gaede
Royce Galloway
Roy H. Gamble
Harold E. Gilman
Amos Glass
Paul J. Gospodor
George W. Gray ■

Elmer A. Gustafson
Charlie W. Habedank
Eddie H. HaU
Thomas L. Hurley
Allious J. Haynes

Lieut. Fred. C. Wilson

Willie S. Herrington
Joseph F. Hildt
George G. Holmberg
Thomas E. Hubbard
Charles W. Hunnell
Harry L. Hyatt
Preston I. Jacobs
Fred A. James
Thomas G. Jones
Max Kaminski
Cleveland Kimbrough
Edward J. Knieps
Leo Keenan
Frank M. Kohs
Leonard J. Larson
Joseph P. Littleton
David E. Lind
William Lowery
Orville McK. Martin
Harold E. Marquith
Walter E. McCabe
Thomas L. McCarter
Joseph E. McDonnell
Henry F. Mielke
Blake 0. Moore

1st Sergeant Herbert J. Pahn

John W. A. C. Noetzelman
Dow Norman
Frank Pinta
Hugh L. Poorman
Allan T. Pray
Harry J. Quinn
Assa B. Rainwater
Lawrence A. Roof
William Sherer
Albert C. Schroeder
Arthur A. Sievers
John D. Snider
John T. Spencer
Pearl L. Swisher
Alvaro R. Thomson
Harry Tlapa
John C. UUerichs
John H. Vickery
Otto H. Wehring
Walter C. Wiechmann
Herman Will
Albert Witte
Ocie T. Woodall
William Yaeger

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stK.'xms'am

COMPANY "D," 53rd MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Captain George H. Bradley
2nd Lieut. Alexander Dagger

Sergeants
Kinsey E. Thomas
Ray A. Brewster

Corporals
Frederick C. Paasch
Joseph L. Helmbrecht
Richard D. Claus
Herman C. Baesler
Steve Staniak
Edward W. Berk
Theodore L. Owens
Louis Anslem
William V. Self

Privates
Vincent F. Argue
Ray D. Baker
Fr«lerick J. Becker

Jesse Brinegar
William H. Boening
Edgar T. Booker
Thomas J. Booth
William O. Bossmann
George V. Campbell
Daniel J. Carroll
Rufus J. Clark
Pierro F. Colson
Noel A. Crittenden
Iva F. Darr
WiUiam L. Delaney
Ted Ebbs
CUfton V. Eick
Elmer A. Ekdahl
John C. Fabian
Walter S. Foreman
Eddie Fugitt
William R. Gainey

Oswald T. Gleich
Ralph Gibson
Seymore Gibson
Edd Glover
Harold V. Good
Lawrence B. George
Wiley L. Graves
Thomas G. Green
Fayne E. Haradon
Albert G. Heidemann
Sam Hicks
Samuel Holder
Clifford H. Holloway
Percival Horie
James H. Howard
Victor Hewlett
WilUam S. Hubbard
Charles A. Hurst
George R. Irby

2nd Lieut. John W. Wallace
1st Sergeant Arthur C. Welty

Earl Jenkins
Guy Joiner
Benjamin T. JoUey
Cecil Juby
Frank Kamerit
Charles Knight
John D. Kimmell
Anton B. Kouba
Raymond A. Krickl
Halver Lund
Dave Manley
Dermis B. McCarty
Elbert G. Miller
Joseph Miller
Charles I. Mishler
Jack Moore
John A. Nelson
Mack Patten
Leon M. Phillips

William E. Pickering
Donald Pint
James L. Reeder
Otto Rueter
Artie E. Shaffer
John Swift
Harold M. Shoard
Alfred Skoog
Frank E. Tile
Lowell Tracy
Henry J. Unruh
Claude C. WaUs
Columbus L. Watkins
Thomas Weaver
Theo. Weimar
Sewell B. Weston
Paul F. Wickman
Frank R. Willis
Isadore Zekakis

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BRIGADIER-GENERAL SHAW

THE military career of Brigadier-General Frederick
B. Shaw, commanding the Thirty-sixth Infantry
Brigade, is an illustration of the democratic spirit
of the United States army. He rose from the ranks, a fre-
quent enough occurrence in the military organization of
our country to puncture the equally frequent claims that
the army is in the hands of a caste-bound military clique.
In point of service. General Shaw is one of the veterans
of the division, for he joined the army in 1892 as a private
in the Twenty-first Infantry. Previously he had been in
the newspaper business in Elmira,
N. Y. After three years in the ranks
he passed his examination for com-
mission, was appointed second lieu-
tenant and joined the Fifth Infantry
at Fort McPherson, Georgia.

His chance for active service
came soon, with the out-break
of the Spanish-American War.
The regiment was ordered to guard
duty in South Carolina, and later
to concentrate at Tampa, Florida,
where it was to join General
Schwann's brigade and go with the
Porto Rican expedition. The regi-
ment did not assemble in time,
but Lieutenant Shaw was ready, and
as he had been detailed as quarter-
master and commissary of the bri-
gade hospital he went along.

The brigade, consisting of the
Eleventh Infantry, Troop A, Fifth
Cavalry and two batteries of artil-
lery, disembarked at a point fifteen
miles west of Ponce and immedi-
ately advanced in the direction of
the enemy. At Hormigueriez, the
Alfonzo XIII Regiment of Spain disputed its progress, and
the first action occurred, with casualties to the Americans
which were imwittingly doubled by Lieutenant Shaw. An
old sugar mill in rear of the American lines was designated
as a temporary hospital. The one soldier killed in the action
fell in a conspicuous place in the middle of the military
road, and as most of the men were recruits, General
Schwann feared the effect on their morale and ordered
Lieutenant Shaw to take the body to the sugar mill.

FREDERICK B. SHAW
Brig.-Gen. Cmdg. 36th Inf. Brigade

His men carried the dead soldier half a mile down the
road and, evidently fearing they might miss something,
dropped him under a tree.

After the engagement Lieutenant Shaw started for the
sugar mill to see that the wounded were provided with
supper, and on the way discovered the body again. He
ordered it placed in the ambulance, made a note that two
men had been killed in action and so reported to the
brigade commander. He didn't discover his mistake until
the following day when only one body was available for
two military funerals.

On his return to the United States
in September, Lieutenant Shaw
learned that his regiment had taken
station in Santiago, Cuba, and he
joined it there and found a commis-
sion as first lieutenant awaiting him,
as well as an order to report to the
Nineteenth Infantry in Porto Rico.
He arrived at his new station shortly
before the regiment received orders
to proceed to the Philippines. He was
in the Panay campaign in 1899-1900.
He was promoted captain in
1901, and for several years there-
after saw duty in the island posses-
sions, along the border and spent
one year at the Fort Leavenworth
school, from which he was grad-
uated in 1906. He received his
majority in July, 1916, and was
assigned to the Thirty-sLxth Infan-
try, which was later ordered to
Fort Snelling, Minn., to divide and
form the Thirty-sixth, Fortieth and
Forty-first Regunents. In June,
1917, he was promoted colonel and
ordered to Camp Pike, Arkansas, where he organized and
operated the receiving depot, until November when he was
appointed acting chief of staff of the Eighty-seventh Divi-
sion. His success as organizer of the receiving depot marked
him for future work of that nature and so in the spring of
1918, when the replacement camps were conceived, he was
ordered to Camp Gordon, Georgia, to help organize the
first one in the country. He was promoted brigadier-gen-
eral in October and assigned to the Eighteenth Division.

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BRIGADIER GENERAL SHAW AND STAFF

Left to right

1st Lieut. Wm. Hermann Major Alvin H. Hankins Brig. Gen. Frederick B. Shaw

Capt. A. Miles Coe 2nd Lieut. R. H. Carter

ENLISTED PERSONNEL, 36th INFANTRY BRIG.\DE HEADQUARTERS

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THIRTY- FIFTH INFANTRY

Baby of the Regulars, Its Birthplace If'' as Arizona

CONCEIVED amid the howl of desert winds, suckled
on the milk of the cactus and toughened through
contact with the spines of the prickly pear, the
Thirty-fifth Infantrj', the baby of the Regulars, is a product
of the arid lands. Its men are the fibre of the desert,
either from birth, or adoption by years of service. In

the early history of the
organization they
were taken from the en-
listed personnel of the
Eleventh, the Eighteenth
and the Twenty-second
Infantry of the Regular
Army.

Arizona was its birth-
place, for it came into
being at Douglas on July
8, 1916, and in the sands
of the Arizona plateau it
was nurtured into the
sturdy infant that was
brought to Camp Travis
to spend its tender years as a member of the Eighteenth
Division. Among mines, in sparsely settled border com-
munities and on the trail of the prolific propagandist of
the Sierras it has spent its days and nights, and its baptism
of fire came through contact with tequila-mad muchachos
of the Sonora custom guards at Nogales, where it took its
quota of soldados many times over for the three who fell
from the bullets of the enemy.

Its career in Camp Tra\-is commenced in the early part
of August, 1918, when the first and third battalion were
transferred to the Te.xas post to become a part of the
Cactus Division. The second battalion had been left at
Nogales on border patrol duty, and it was while in the
pursuit of this detail that the skirmish came with the
Mexicans on August 27th. Prior to the transfer of the
two battalions to Camp Travis, the various component
companies had been engaged in the protection of copper
mines, smelters and government dams at Douglas, No-
gales, Yuma, Lowell, Roosevelt Dam, Granite Reef Dam,
Globe, Ray, Miami and Cornelia mines. Numerous plots
of the Hun agents were thwarted through this ceaseless
vigilance, especially after the declaration of war against
the Teutonic powers by the United States.

Within a month after the declaration of hostilities 676
men and seven officers who had been enlisted and trained
in border warfare by the Thirty-fifth left Nogales to be
transferred to regiments of the .'\merican Expeditionary

Forces. The Thirty-fifth was again recruited to war
strength and the rookies were given the vision of ser\ice
over there. But it was not to be. The border service of
the regiment continued unremittingly and it was not until
November, 1918, that it was relieved when the second
battalion was ordered to Camp Travis.

Shortly after arriving at Camp Travis under command of
Col. James H. Frier, the regimental commander, the first
and third battalions were made the nuclei of the Eighty-
sixth Brigade, through the transfer of some five hundred
selected men to the Eighty-sixth Regiment which was
then organized in skeleton form.

Colonel Frier is one of the veterans of the Regulars.
Born in Missouri in March, 1864, he was appointed a cadet
at West Point in July, 1882, and commissioned as a second
lieutenant in the Seventeenth Infantry in July, 1886.
Through years of border service he attained successive pro-
motions until he was appointed an inspector-general in
March, 1911, with rank of major. It was from lieutenant-
colonel of the Twelfth Infantry that he was promoted to
the colonelcy of the Thirty-fifth upon its organization
Julyl, 1916.

While not a replacement regiment, the Thirty-fifth has
furnished many a Sammy who crossed the seas and paid
the supreme penalty for his heroism. Many a golden star
shines in the pennant of another regiment for a lad in
khaki who learned his first taste of "squads right" from
the duty sergeant of the
Thirty-fifth, and many an
officer who acquired his
golden bar through a train-
ing camp was the finished
material which came to the
cactus land in the rough.
The regiment's own gold
stars are symbols of the gal-
lantry of Lieutenant Loftus,
of Laredo, Texas, who fell
before a torrent of lead from
badly aimed Mexican guns,
and of Corporals Edgar Lotz
and Frank L. Whitworth,
the Company G men who

died with him in the streets of Mogales. Twelve enlisted
men wear wound chevrons from that encounter and under
the service regulations practically every member is entitled
either to the silver chevrons of honorable service in America
for preparedness for action, or the gold V which betokens
service against the Hun and his allies.

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C(Jl.O.\hL IRIER AND STAFF, 35th INFANTRY

Left to right — seated

Capt. Floyd Lyle
Col. Jas. H. Frier
Capt. Harvey A. Schwab
Capt. Richard F. Kinnear

1st Lieut. William L. O'Donnell
Major Clarence L. Tinker

Left to right — standing

1st Lieut. Cyril K. Richards
ilajor Alfred S. Balsam

1st Lieut. Daniel H. Ripley
Major Harold G. Chisholm

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HEADQUARTERS COMPAXV, 3oth LMAXTRV

Captain Allison Ware

1st Lieut. Joshua S. Bowen

1st Lieut. Fletcher H. Etheridge
1st Lieut. Robert E. Cummings

1st Lieut. Desmond J Farrell
2nd Lieut. Charles Kohl

Reg. Per. Sgt. Major
Andrew E. Johnson

Reg. Sgt. Major
Walter D. HoUiday

Battahon Sergeant Majors
Claude A. Lamprich
Adam L. Harris

1st Sergeant
Wilbur A. Morel

Mess, Supply and Stable

Sergeants
George D. Gruninger
Jerome Mausel
Henry Batchelor

Color Sergeants
Frederick Tscheulin
John C. Patrich

Per. Sergeants
Fred L. Fassett
Edward Miller

Duty Sergeants
John Hammer
John Fider
Edward Shaughnessy
Henry H. Payne
Henry B. Shepherd
Charles S. Acree
Walter C. Ormiston
George E. Boiling
William E. Borg
Vincent Kuznicki
Frank McManus
Arthur F. Cady
George Baiu

Sergeants
Ulysses Miller
Walter P. Grubbe
Clarence P. Lenart

Corporals
Charles E. O'Rourke
William Matthews
Phillip Green
Frank E. Morris
Eddie Pendergrast

Frank B. Bennett
James J. McCarthy
Timothy J. O'Brien
William R. Shipley
Clifford G. Maescher
.\lbert M. Derr
Louis M. Cowden
Homer E. Collar
Ralph L. McMahon
Ray E. Mitchell
Paul C. Bowman
WilUam H. Anderson
Charles J. Hitt
Leo C. Coulehan
Daniel H. KiUin
Peter M. Murphy
Thomas G. Pike
Herman G. Love
Hobson D. Riddick
Leslie A. Goss
Clarence H. Vunk

Privates — First Class
Lester .\lden
Charles M. Burrell
Charles D. Demar

Ernest D. Duncan
James P. Easley
John J. Ewing
Walter R. Graham
Roy Green
Ezekiel HoUomon
Stanley G. Horn
Arthur Husband
William J. Clawson
Frederick W. Kufer
Ray E. McLaughlin
Andy B. Morlo
Ralph E. Murphv
Patrick O'Neil
Clarence O'Rourke
Robert D. Pauben
Demcy L. Riou.x
Oscar C. Rodgers
Harold S. Sabel
Guy S. Snyder
.\dolph Shubert
Lawrence Mc.^uley
Leland Tucker
Charles S. Warren
William J. Wagner
William A. Whitlock

Felix J. Brandes
Donald S. Conner
.\lfred W. Fees
.\xel P. Pierson
Roger N. Teachout

Cooks
William F. Gorman
Melvin L. West
John W. Coleman
Ernest Deluka
.Alfred Allegrina
Joseph Jakes

Mechanics
Bonnie B. Pritchard
Clyde R. Mc.\doo
Louis E. Eberling
William J. Wightman

Privates
Wm. D. Allison
Howard W. Andree
Harry W. Armstrong
W'm. L. Bailey
Continued on page 150

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MACHINE GUN COMPANY, 35th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Harry N. Rising
1st Sergeant Dennis Fenton

Sergeants
Wm. E. Black
Edward M. Clithero
Arthur Brewer
Owen T. Allen
Clarence Armstrong
Jesse Q. Hodges
Arthur E. Fredericks
Melvin Korsrud
Mickel Rogan
Ernest O. DePriest
Norman J. McPherson
Max Beck
Oel Ingram

Corporals
Joseph S. Quinn
John E. Page
Dorhie K. Bradley
John P. Quinlan
Jesse I. Marsh
Edgar H. West
Arthur J. Walch
Clarence M. McCutcheon

Harry E. Hammond
Joseph E. Thomas

Cooks
Gustave Kroll
William Clair
John Lang

Horseshoer
Leo Theuret

Saddler
Gilbert McHenry

Mechanics
Olaf Swenson
William Johnson
Floyd Haden
Buglers
James A. Carney
J. A. Richardson

Privates — First Class
Roy N. Britton
Asbury A. Castile
William P. Flaherty
Edward Frecce
Nicholas Click

Captain W. C. Peters

1st Lieut. Richard F. Bailey
Mess Sergeant Charles Overill

Thomas K. Parrish
Victor Sime
Mahlon F. Troutner
James R. Upton
Emerson B. Horn
Otto J. Brauns
Edward J. Fitzgerald
Howell C. Jones
Marx L. Lorig
Thomas K. McCabe
Andrew J. McCulley
Lester A. Stephens
George Zimmerman

1st Lieut. John B. Shults
Supply Sergeant Allen R. Bell

Privates

James A. AUee
Frank J. Bertorello
Chester L. Brady
Leonard P. Burkland
James H. Burns
Edward M. Broderick
CoUn P. CampbeU
Floyd I. Davis
Clarence DeGraff

Patrick Devlin
Henry Diedrich
Fred Dorband
Louis Eberle
Edwin Eberlein
William R. Flynn
Herbert J. Furphy
Thomas K. Gibbons
John J. Grannon
Alexander E. Gordon
Conrad F. Groh
John Guthridge
James E. Hamlin
Walter C. Hammond
Edward J. Hanna
Charles S. Hobbs
Edward H. Holcombe
Glen Hazlett
Henry Hutchison
John J. Kennedy
Peter Knockaert
Hollie E. Lanphear
John P. LeComte

John F. Milliken
Charles W. Moody
Ernest L Murphy
Hilliard F. McClanahan
Richard N. Nigg
LaFayette F. Ogilvie
O. G. Richardson
Charles Robertson
Leroy Rupp
Carl B. Schmidt
Garrett Schneider
Walter W. Scheppler
Roland A. Siebold
Harry A. Skinner
Leslie E. Taylor
Wilhelm E. Thoennissen
Ralph F. Tucker
George Weber
James O'D. Willey
Robert E. Weyhe
Emil C. Wuttke
Fred Johnson
Harold Domer

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COMPANY "A," 35th INFANTRY

Sergeants
John Murray
Paolo Caridi
Hurshel Corkren
John Tate
James E. Burton
•John F. Diehl
John T. Brown

Captain Benjamin W. Wood

Captain .'Vrch M. Baird
Leo P. Sobicraj Cooks

Alex A. Walczak Danilay Bubin
William J. Wasson Elmer V. Olbert
Jimmie Williams Oscar R. Ross
Alexander Wyslocki Clarence Sterling
Walter Szczubialka Mechanics
William A Carter ^^ibgrt W. Butler
Perry Kiefer

ChrisUanM.Ravndal MartmT Wicker
Luther E. Matthews Harry F. Eulitt
WiUiam M. Murphy G"y Atkmson

1st Lieut. Edwin M. Allison 1st Lieut.

1st Lieut. Paul P. Reily 1st Lieut.

Glen Childers Otto L. Pfeiff

Peter Daniluk Valent Potocsui

Ludvik David Earl J. Puchert

Raymond Deshotels John Reed

■ E. H. Rothemberger

James Ryan
Eugene Sasser
Hugh W. Sawyer

Cilbert P. Cook
William A. Terry
Walter J. Eaton
Randall Miller

Corporals
Roy Martin
Ralph E. Corbett
William Meuzelaar
Vernon P. Nelson

Albert E. Redig
Maurice M. Barger
Harry Powell
Fred C. Ralph
Bert A. Roseland
Ray J. Garbutt
Theo. T. Roseland
Ralph E. Rees
William A. Irvine
Jesse V. Timms

Joe Dijohn
Richard F. Golds-
berry
Verne M. Chamber- J^f.^..^- Gonzales
lain PhiUipGrubbs

Robert T. Frantz JTA^'? ■ u.
FrankA.WhitcombR^lP'' B. Kmght

Ignac Kaynieky
Buglers p^^gsj g Kenny

Clarence O. Rich John Kern
Sol Feigenbaum John F. Layman
Privates — 1st Class Albert L. McAlister George H. Turner
Fred Alared WilliamH.McGuire Bernard A. Wadleigh

William Boehle John Miller Joseph Zuba

George W. Boyse John Mock
Karl Brey Ralph R. Mosher Pnvates

Sven J. M. Carlson William A. NefE Albert D. Bacco

Frank W.SchoendoUer
David W. Shipman
Joseph Simek
Mike Spelen
Lonnie C. Stubblefield
Frank W. Susmilck
Andrew Topielarz

Martin L. Howard
Pete T. Heffner
Willie Baer
Bill Balosiotis
Thomas Barbo
Clyde C. Barron
Andrew Bekalarzcyk
Elmer Bright
Hal Brown
Perry F. Bruns
John T. Collins
Flank H. Davis
Levi Dillow
Warren W . Hotchk iss
Forest L. Harter
Frank W. Hayak
Richard H. James
Reuben W. Lockett,

Joseph Maczulaitis
Lawless Martin
Clyde Meacham
Rudolph K. Morgan

Michael T. Morris
Enrico Mourini
Myrell Nelson
George A. Peeck
Joseph Pierre
Artibuse Richard
Herman J. Rowoldt
George Sabanos
Frutoso Serna
Tom Simpson
Walter Simpson
Louis Smith
Rowallen G.

Stalker
Oscar Stephens
Harry G. Stevens
Emmitt W. Stobs
John Wagner
Alfred J. Wenzinger
Roy L. Werner
Joe White

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Captain Tracy L. Harrel, Commanding
1st Lieut. WiUiam H. Myers
1st Lieut. Edgar B. Heylmun

Sergeants
Fred Glass
William Lord
George Georgandas
Everett M. Moore
Martin Powless
William S. Goff
Frank J. Liska
Eugene Davenport
George H. Lord

Corporals
George W. King
Elmer DeWerff
Joseph Swatek
Floyd C. Sims
Robt. G. Ethridge
Ebbie R. Bedgood
Dewey L. N. Forgue

James H. Godfrey
Jack P. Edvpards
Carroll D. Funk
Mart Weiss
Thomas Bilek, Jr.
Sczepan Sekulski
Harold W. Kreger
John E. Cumayn
Frank F. Freeberg
B. Zielinski
George A. Quade
Donald Barton
Orpheus K. Hendershot
Roy Jorgenson
Omar G. Dulany

Cooks
Herman Mirly
Paul Jankeje

COMP.\NY "B," 35th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Charles W. Christenberry
1st Lieut. James H. Newberry
2nd Lieut. .Alfred A. McNamee

James Brzostk
Clyde Hawks

Mechanics
Jan Mach
Richard L. Taylor
Dallas C. Raasch

Buglers
Franciszek Czosnyka
Frank C. Gross

Privates — First Class
William O. AUen
Conley E. Alton
David Bacher
Joseph Ball
Edward J. Burns
Ignascz Butkiewicz

Larrel M. Clapper
Roy Cunningham
Steve Danos
Arthur Ellis
Thomas Genuk
Lawson Gilley
John Glodek
.\nthony Gorie
Frank P. Hardigan
Acue R. Higgason
Claude C. Inman
Tony Jodewelky
Charles E. Lawrence
John Liba
Charles Loughrey
John Marcinkowski
Frank McGuirk
Samuel J. Sarletto
.\nge!o Voltarel

1st Sergeant Hermie E. Smith
Supply Sergeant Walter Scott
Mess Sergeant .\rthur E. Gloor

Branko Vujcich
George V. Wasilus
.\ubrey Welbom
Frank Wesnewski
John M. Witkoski
Joe Zukowski

Privates
Dominik Anuskiewicz
Stanley M. Baseacki
Frank Blonak
George T. Bradley
John Brush
Claude M. Campbell
Tom Chozempa
Clarence Cunningham
Jesse E. Epley
Emmett B. Frizzell
Lyle Golden

Frederick Greisler
.\ndrew Gurak
Charles B. Gursley
Hans Hahn
Albert J. Howard
Burton N. Humphries
Robt. IngersoU
Victor Jakubovitz
Mike Janowski
Jacob E. Jeffers
Carl H. Johnson
John A. R. Johnson
John W. Jones
Jacob Kantor
John Kitch
Frank Koronowski
Stanley Krarzewski
Fred O. Larson
Continued on page ISO

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COMPANY "C," 35th INFANTRY

Sergeants
Lawrence E. Throne
Ernest Rolleston
Roger J. Darrow
Robert A. Batista
Edward A. Bidus
Major W. Hancock
Elisha Stacy
Roy B. Heilman

Corporals
Orvalle V. McKinley
Richard M. Phalen
Bernard F. Luhring
Charles Skorupa
Bernard C. Carver
Harry \V. Beseau
Thomas S. Jacklin
Wencil Krejci
Cyril B. Caldwell

Captain T. E. D. Hackney

Captain Harry \'. Klug

1st Lieut. Hugh A. Wear

1st Lieut. Chas. P. Whiteman, Jr.

1st Lieut. Chester M. Martin
First Sergeant George R. Lucas
Supply Sergeant Clarence Curnuth
Mess Sergeant George W. Pritchett

Earl S. Hudson
Stewart H. Blackhall
Claude E. Dickey
Guy W. Klingel
Joseph La Fleur
Lane C. Trueblood
Leo A. Payne
William E. Pennington
Ernst A. Mauser

Cooks
Jacob Kondly
Mateiu I. Moreriu
Stephen L. Spink
Charles W. Minney

Mechanics
.\rmedois J. Benjamin
Oscar W. Lay

Robert L. Long
James H. Randolph

Buglers
Ernest J. Booker
Howard E. Lynch

Privates — First Class
Cranston F. Adams
Nasel J. Baroody
John T. Beard
Ignacy Bohdiziewicz
\'ictor Chubinski
John Demchik
Mike Dujmovic
Noah T. Hardison
Glenn F. Holcomb
John Johnson
John Kieras

James W. Kirks
Jozef Klis
Aries K. Kovistra
John W. McKee
Stanislaw Sikorski
Joseph Strobel

Privates
Martin A. Anderson
Lloyd L. Armstrong
Charles J. Barnhart
Ernest Beckstrom
Frank G. Bennett
Frank A. Bochmann
Ernest W. Botefur
John D. Burks
Walter A. Chouinard
Fountain Christison
Thomas Ciasnocha
Darwin Davis

John Detcz
Julius Devolder
Claude B. Edwards
William Ehmckie
Robert I. Fisher
Harry J. Gabriel
Steve Galanis
Emilio Gallegos
John Gavin
Myron Gebofski
Mathias J. Guirsch
Carl W. Hanichen
Parry G. Harbelis .
Carl R. Hefftner
Owen F. Heyden
James L. Higginbotham
WUUam H. Hill
Charles L. Jordan
Joseph Kayden
Continued on page 150

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COMPANY "D," 35th INFANTRY

Captain Charles L. Steel Captain Kearney Barker 1st Lieut. Thomas P. Barry 1st Lieut. Jesse F. Wentz 1st Lieut. Fred B. Nisbet

1st Lieut Amett Norcott 1st Sergeant Harry B. Allen Mess Sergeant Alfred Woods Supply Sergeant Harrj' Lauer

Sergeants •

Joseph Tietelman
Frank Underwood
Peter Jorgensen
Clyde Grain
Louis Kurtz
Clements Schwarting
John J. Reis
Arthur Warrgow
Nicholas Shomin
Rodney M. Tate
Glenn Arthurs

Corporals

John V. Randies
Frederick L. Bauldry
Cecil M. Baucus
Sidney G. Bartlett
Felidan L. Schiltz

John J. Tobin
Charles W. Woods
Rene DeVusser
Dwight Gordon
Roy A. Scott
Carl R. Dennis
Alexander Hochman
Fred Knollho£f
Thomas Besau
George F. Shafer
Peter Mastic
Joseph Koski
Mayro C. Cox
Roman Drocz>Tiski
George Flucus
Arthur A. Koch
Henry G. Jarmuth
Pearl Morss
Andrew J. Gillespie

Mechanics
Wesley T. Parson
Fred Schumacher
John L. Shortt

Cooks
Troy L. Smith
Chester L. .\ten
Edward M. Freburg
John Grabarcyk

Buglers
Francis H. L. Sprague
James E. Hall

Privates — First Class
William S. Allen
Dimitru Bancion
Mike Bear
Edward J. Cuff

Garry L. Da\n?
.\lbert C. Domquast
.\lex Grabow?ki
Henry H. Kehmeier
Richard Kistler
Joseph Konik
John C. Konopa
Edward La Fave
Walter Magill
Walter B. JIatthes
John M. McDermott
William J. Jloritz
Loui= G. MulUngs
Fred Xeff
Heiman Oja
Frank Paszczak
Wojciech Pietraszek
Walter Sieczkowski
John White
Frank W. Witrv

Privates
Edward R. Anderson
Stanley .■Vndruczvk
Roy J. Beebe
Charles E. Bennett
Henry Biersdorf
William H. Brigner
Bert E. Brigham
John Bueb
.M\Tn S. Butler
John W. Carlson
William Carlon
Mike Caylor
Benjamin Cordova
.Albert Dadisman
John Dighera
Chris Dukas
Patrick J. Durkin
Albert E. Elofson

Continued on page 195

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COMPANY "F," 35th INFANTRY

Captain Donald M. Bartow

1st Lieut. Leo W. Glaze

1st Sergeant Charles C. Conway

1st Lieut. Quaite Dodson

Sergeants
Wilson Cower Lee R. Wallace

Noble Deaver
Fred J. Butler
John Wojcik
Kaz Skubeck

James E. Williams
Emory E. Snyder
Vem Thompson
Joseph Wallace

Corporals
Edward J. Gilboy
King R. Heltsley
Albert Petzold
Joe A. Phillips
Charles B. Lingenfield

Mess Sergeant James H. Burns

MerUn W. Snyder
Lloyd Bealer
Calogero Lianza
George B. Green
Dale C. Mead
Paul T. Sander

2nd Lieut. Joseph Geeraerts

Supply Sergeant Linn R. Johnson
Warner O. Schoyen Leslie F. Voigtmann

Marvin B. Freeman
William Kavech
Albin Suchwalko
John Purchla
Henry A. Butler

Zeke Pirraglio
John Wicker
Frank B. Irwin

Continued on page B04

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Captain James A. Hasson
1st Sergeant Charles L. Rodgers

COMPANY "G," 35th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. George P. Seneff
Mess Sergeant Michel Murin

Sergeants

John L. Thompson
Earl C. Criner
Harry Tugendhaft
Frederick C. Goodwin
Everett Vinyard
Edward Scheve

Corporals

Robin Baker
James A. Branum
Frank Murray
Joseph F. Ruks
Francis N. Ritter
Lester N. Short
Rudolph Chillo
Lawrence Waugh
Richard P. Welch
Alpheus Sloan
John T Myers
John Macaloni
Harry L. Light
Oliver E. Martin
Leslie W. Morrow
George E. Prosise
Silas C. Villines
Garrie M. Hostetter
Harry L. Johnson
George Oslar

James P. Roe
John F. Stank
Walter A. Moore
Joseph G. Friedman
William E. Murray
Charles W. Brewer

Mechanics

Joseph Salumsky
Charles A Stout
Harry R. Jordon
Eugene Gulick

Cooks

Alfred Sipe
William Adam
Rudolph Kosmrl
Thomas F. Donahue

Bugler

Peter Daprano

Privates — First Class

Walter Appellof
John E. Crape
Frank Majka
George R. Marichevich
Ernest W. Moore
Peter Niziolek

Paul Skorkowski
James Swerczynski
Abie Toybin

Privates

Sol. Abrams
Ernest J. Amick
.Sigward Anderson
Harry G. Atchison
Peter H. Ball
William C. Beam
Earl L. Bennett
Fritz C. Blei
Lee F. Booth
Marcus C. Bosco
Walter L. Boyanton
Herman Bruns
William F. Carter
Charlie B. Cassell
Arnold Daugaard
John J. Deegan
Bradley A Diltz
Carl H. Diltz
Theodore J. Dreger
Felix H. Feliszak
John E. Freel
Jacob L. Galer
William E. Gimbel
Carl A. Hendrickson

1st Lieut. Thomas E. Martin
Supply Sergeant Michael Baranowsky

Harry S. Hunt
Herman Ihous
.\braham Jacobs
Earnest Jackson
Alvin Jones
Maurice T. Kensell
Anton F. Konopasek
John Kopczynski
Max Kurey
Chailes A Leitzau
Walter Lenda
Tommy Lesner
Tommy Lucas
Archibald K. Lyttle
Giuseppe Mariconi
Francisco Martinez
Max May
William Melcher
Floyd E. Murphy
Ira Nelson
George W. Norton
James F. Ormston
Harold B. Owen
Polinar Pacheco
John P Palach
Tomasz Palacz
John Pavelo
Dominico Pecararo
Stanley Piasecki
Homer F. Plain

James E. Porter
Olmond L. Poutry
Victor H. Price
Augustin Raica
James E. Roach
John Rucienski
Vivian Sanchez
William F. H. Schieve
Gust Schiewe
Charles L. Scherer
Leo L Schmidt
Walter Short
Charles Sligg
Philip Smith
Edward L Sowder
Claude L. Spencer
Fred Steines
Harrv J. Stephens
Fred'G. StoU
John Strange
Nicholas Stonfa
Arthur W. Swofford
Claus F. Trede
Ben Udelevitz
Carl Vanauken
Edward T. Wade
Julius E. Weirich
Otto Wrede
Stanislaw Wiswiowski
Walter Wolntinoviez

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COMPANY H, ;ioth INFANTRY

Captian R. J. Marshburn 1st Lieut. O. W. Fannin 1st Lieut. D. \. Turner 1st Lieut. F. C. Horner

1st Sergeant Charles Cummings Supply Sergeant Frank (ilonek Mess Sergeant John Randall

Sergeants
Umile Gencarelli
James Prow
Earnest Juneman
Howard Johnson
Louis Cais
Peter Freyborg
Er\'in O'Brjant
Leon Greenberg
James Caldwell

Corporals

Henrj- Bolz
James Oliver
Dewey Dooley
Richard Walters
Milford May
James McCauIey
James Crow
Robert Davidson
George Duraont
Ben Connor
Redgie Edwards
Joseph V'onasek
Harold Page
Frank Christopher
Stanley Findysz
Jack Sandy
Ray Young

Laveme Denio
Jeremiah Heller
.Arthur Israel
Edward Kennedy
Charles Posledni

Cooks

Joe Ledford
\"ernon Pinkerton
Ed. Hodge
Jesse Niswonger

Buglers

Peter Begu
Charlie Smith

Privates — First Class

William .\lbers
Mike Beader
Stanley Bonkowski
Nicklos Budai
Frank Carroll
Gura Cizmas
John Cuplin
Emile Dupire
James Finney
Hilmar Gautwick
Harry Hoger

George Jennings
Rzasa John
Richard McDonald
-\Ibert Mueller
-Arthur Nesvacil
Robert Rowan
Alfred Schultz
James Shemwell
George Wandelt
Joseph Wagner
Reider Cappelen
Joe Semerad

Privates
George Abendroth
Martin .\nderson
Nickolas Baumhart
Constantine Brahos
James Bronge
James Cahill
Walter Carlson
Joe Caruso
Mathias Cayner
Walter Corson
Leonardo Corvello
Herman Dems
Raymond Douville
George Drews
John Evaunski
Levi Ellison

Abraham Finder
Clarence Fordyce
Stanley Frontzak
Frank Furi
Ignatz Gorka
Charles Grebe
Joseph Gudinowicz
Frank Grzych
Waldemar Hansen
Henry Hefty
John Huskowski
Harr>' Johnson
Edward Kolar
George Kubis
Eric Larson
Joe Laurienti
Marion Lee
.\nko Lindemulder
.\lphonso Lisewski
John McCarthy
George Miller
Thomas Munley
George N'arbuntas
Andrew O'Donnell
Roger O'Malia
Frank Ouimette
Stanislau Ourewicz
Peter Ozuk
FelLx Paszkiewicz
George Raabe

John Raszeja
Hubert Reynolds
Henr)- Roesner
Feli.x Rozmairek
George Santilippo
Joseph Schneiderman
Henry Schulze
.Mbert Schwarer
Benjamin Shapiro
Henrj' Sloot
Edward Steinbring
Arthur Strandt
Grover Strange
Charles Sykes
Barney Tatum
Rehm Thielecke
\'irgle Tyree
Frank Utpadel
Fernando \'aldez
Fred \"egter
Herman Will
Henry Winkelman
Henrj- Wyma
Peter Zeman
Peter Zinudski

Mechanics
James Rogers
Thomas Onorato
Marco Bradic

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COMPANY "L," 35th INFANTRY

Captain Lara P. Good
Captain Rpbert C. Gregory
1st Lieut. William H. Duncan

1st Lieut. Allan Lucas

1st Lieut. Jay Hays

2nd Lieut. George H. Sharman

Sergeants

Felix Armijo

Eugenio Frigo

Leroy C. Baker

Albert Corapton
James I. Jones
Judson Langston

Robert F. Ward

Joseph Fyalkowski

Hyman Bernstein

Wladyslaw Ganczak

Harry Blackwell

Cooks

Hosef Gotab

Henry Bolt

Mack Long
Ila A. Dossett

Liner Gooch

Alexander R. Hill

Martin Borrego

Frank Pine

Stanislaw Huchro

David A. Bowsher

Louis A. Koski

Robert F. Hanna

Anton Jankowski

John A. Breach

Andrew Jaworski

David T. Wolfgang

Tadeusz Jezefowski

Preston Bryan

James E. Cox
Joseph F. Jerabek
Jerome L. Beatty

Frauczik Krolikowski

Ysabel M. Castenada

Bugler

James V. Malone

Santa Ceretta

Harry Bucks

Mark Matyas

Benjamin D. Churchwell

John Meeuwis

Daniel P. Daly

Mechanics

Stanley Morwicki

Forest David

Corporals

William L. Smith

Phil Moscinski

John Dehner

Clarence Ellis

Robert B. Miller

Joseph Niziolek

Ernest M. Eastin

Joe Dupont

Barnard Dulka

Wincenty Pietruszewski

Henry F. Fippenger

Edward Gunderson

Sa Dutton

Adam Politowicz

John J. FoUender

John Gold

Vincenzo Rea

Joseph B. Frederick

Ross H. Fuquay

Privates — First Class

Alexander Sadejko

Anthony J. Frey

Louis A. Kenny

Adolph Abramski

Szymon Tracz

Lindsey Gibson

Clarence F. Rosewald

Herbert W. Arbra

Richard L. Travis

Delbert Granger

Joseph Novak

Alfred Barsanti

Tony Wojcik

CharUe Hair

John Murray

Michel Barteszuk

George W. Halfpeimy

Walter A. Ottow

Clyde Byars

Privates

Joseph Havel

Cecil J. Fosburgh

Charles Conley

Emil F. Heinrichs

George H. Gold

John Demos

Luther Averett

Claude Helms

August Gallagher

WiUiam F. Dodson

Henry Baebler

James A. Hofif

Charles B. Thorington

Henry R. Eaton

Thomas Baikie

Albert J. Horcher

Enoch Naukry

Mike EUer

Claude P. Baker

George F. Hunt

1st Sergeant Charles E. Jenkins
Mess Sergeant James W. B-own
Supply Sergeant William A. Cook

Robert Jackson
Bennie C. Johnson
Gabriel Johnson
Charlie Kirsak
Otto F. Klockgeter
Dominik Kochanski
John D. Lind
Carlos Lovato
David W. Malin
Diego Montanio
Joseph R. Montgomery
WiUiam H. Moore
George Moser
Carlos Perea
Herman W. S. Robinson
Walter H. Rolo£E
William A. Ross
Richard Runge
Victor A. Sanchez
Harry Shoemaker
Herman Simon
Pete Stelleveara
Leo A. Sullivan
John W. Summer
Thomas E. Vaughan
Joseph Watt
Jason L. Wilson
Joseph Zuazry
Andy Zvijak

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COMPANY "M," 35th IXFAXTRV

Captain Thomas H. Scott
1st Lieut. Thomas B. Steel
1st Lieut. Hugh M. Evans

1st Lieut. Zigmunt Yesson
1st Lieut. John R. Phelan
2nd Lieut. Herbert B. Williams

1st Sergeant Bert Plummer
Supply Sergeant Alexander Reguly
Mess Sergeant Daniel Foley

Sergeants
Joseph M. Connaughton
Delphis Berard
Caleb G. Bloomfield
Elmer Cox
^'incent A. Rvan
HaUet M. Whelan
Bruce M. Nichols
Harry R. Wilson
Ray Gilbert
Joseph Constany
Lealon L. Winscoff
James E. Freeman

Corporals
Charles F. Andris
William Virden
Lawrence Minor
Rudolph A. Brummond
Dorance L. Armstrong
Clay Burruss
Robert E. Wilson
Robert E. N. Jensen
Alex, .\nderson
Willie King
Grover Lomax
Asa V. Backus
WilUam H. Nirschl
Cecil D. Smith

Edward Murphy
Homer E. Makinson
George Ondrus
Grover J. Kenney
John C. Heffeman
Roland C. Byrum
George E. Bush
Robert E. Lauman
Eugene G. Heller
Forrest G. Knee
Samuel H. Goiter
Jens K. Jensen
John B. Jungblut
.\1 A. Otto
George Wieland
Philip H. Young
Arthur G. Pahike

Cooks
Edward M. Bienvenu
Otis R. Clark
Alton D. Ashley
August Kerl

Mechanics
Stanley A. Petzold
Joseph Kepka
Paul Mison
Hugo Schuknecht

Bugler — First Class
Mike Pawlowski

Bugler
Charles D. Firebaugh

Privates — First Class
Basil C. Cannon
Charley M. Cook
Adolph P. Depke
William M. Even
Frank J. Howard
Walentz Klonica
Mike Letasi
James H. Lewis
Joe Marta

Guiseppenicolo Mezzacappo
John L. Munn
Welby C. Murry
George W. Rawlinson
Alexander Taylor
.\lbert S. Thomas
Achiel J. Van Ootegham
Merrideth O. Weikle
Lennie W. Whitcomb
John Yurask

Privates
Harry L. Anderson
Robert E. .\ndruss

John E. Blaszczak
Frank S. Cer\'enka
Joseph Ciapolo
Bram S. Clark
WilUam Clark
\'an Cline
Harry L. Cooper
Harry Craig
George B. Cross
John Cvetkovich
Wasyl Doman
Herbert C. J. Edney
John J. Elwart
Gustave C. Enberg
Albert H. Fortier
Henr>- M. Fortier
Hugh T. Garrison
Charles Geisel
Frank Gratke
Bernard F. Groth
Henry J. Hartkopf
Witold JaroszyTiski
Mahlon F. Jones
Jacob J. Kackert, Jr.
George H. Kaiser
Harry N. Katsan
William E. Keegan
Dan Kelley
.\ugust W. Klevesahl

Henry A. Knutzen
Frank Krent
Joseph Kryml
Joseph Laskowski
William Leverentz
Kazmir Monusko
Frank .\. Muza
Harry Nathan
Paul Nortadian
Frederick Nottoli
Joseph J. Novak
William Poltrock
Edmund O. A. Rask
Otto F. Rose
.■\rnold Schlachter
.Arthur J. Smith
Joseph A. Specht
Wilbur J. Speidel
Albert Stetka
Wilfred H. Stiegemeier
James J. Sullivan
Stanley Szymanski
Robert Taylor
Bert N. Tintner
Joseph F. Totzke
Dewey VoUmar
Larence Wabia
Edward A. Weinand
Hushel A. Wilson

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 3.5th INFANTRY

Captain George G. Fitz 1st Lieut. Roy W. Quick

Captain Arthur C. Rhine 1st Lieut. Bascon Lynn

First Class Sergeant Alvah Buhl

Sergeants

William G. Elkins
James A. Hamilton
Thomas J. Malloy

Privates — First Class

William J. Anderson
Albert B. Cain
George O. Gamer
Louis E. Hitt
Henry H. Landman

Privates
Helge G. Arvidson
Hugh C. Bowdon
Paul P. Clegg
Clinton Daville
Jacob D. Holt (Att.)
Jack Martin
James W. Nance
Robert O. Steen
Fred J. Steiger
Lyle Tarpley
Alonzo C. L. Weitzel
Benjamin T. Wells
Robert A. Wright

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EIGHTY- SIXTH INFANTRY

A Regiment of Spirit and a Record of Achievement

ONE thinks of the history of a regiment in terms of a
record of facts and traditions to which it becomes
an heir through the years of a long and active past.
Such a record is both realistic and imaginative: realistic to
the extent of the actual engagements of the regiment in
line of military duty; imaginative to the extent of some
warrior's fancies with which he clothes the accounts of
the activities of his regiment as he proudly relates them.
The history of the younger regiments which had their birth
from the imperative necessity of the hour just past is not
adorned with such traditions. However, theirs is no less
a record of achievement characterized by the spirit and
morale of true soldierly conduct and attainment. Such
is the record we claim.

The initiatory organization of the regiment took place
at Camp Travis, with Lieut.-Col. John V. Spring, Jr., in
command. Colonel Spring came to us from the cavalry.
His first military service was with the Coast Artillery
Corps which he entered in 1902. In this branch of the
service he served for a year with the Army of Occupation
in Cuba. From the artillery he went to the Seventh
Cavalry with which he saw twelve years service, six years
of which was TOth his organization in the Philippine
Islands. He went to France in October, 1917, with the
Third Cavalry. After ten months of active service in
France, he was ordered to the Eighteenth Division at
Camp Travis where he took command of the Eighty-sixth
Infantry on August 31, 1918.

In the process of our growth, we were subjected to read-
justments which were disconcerting in the extreme. But
everyone accepted the readjustments as a matter of course
in military routine and refused to slacken in the work of
training. So intensive was the training and so thorough
was the instruction given during this period, that just
three weeks after its primal organization the regiment was
commended by the Commanding General of the camp as
making the best showing of any which passed before him in
the first divisional review held by the Eighteenth Division.

Very soon after this review. Col. Robert H. Sillman
took command of the regiment. Colonel Sillman was
born in New York City, May 9, 1862. He began his
miUtary career on February 28, 1879, as a volimteer in the
Thirteenth Infantry, National Guard of New York.
Within this period of service, he received instruction at the
United States Military Academy at West Point. Upon
his separation from the service of the New York National
Guard, he enlisted in the National Guard of Michigan
where he served from 1889 to 1898 with high rank on the
staffs of Generals Hawley and Lyons, General Robinson,
and Governor Rich. On May 30, 1898, he enUsted in the
Astor Battery, with which unit he went to the Philippine
Islands, where he saw active service. In the engagement
before Manila on August 13, 1898, he was wounded. Of
this event the ofScial records give this testimony: "Sergt.
R. H. Sillman, Astor Battery, who was shot in the knee
while gallantly taking part in a charge having been called
for by the brigadier general commanding, is recommended

for a Medal of Honor for distinguished gallantry in the
combat of Singalong, as described by his battery com-
mander." After being mustered out of this service, he
was commissioned second lieutenant in the Twenty-sixth
U. S. Volunteer Infantry and continued his service in the
Philippines for three years. Within this time he organ-
ized and commanded the Visayan Scouts in Panay Island.
In 1901 he was mustered out of the volunteers and com-
missioned first lieutenant of infantry in the U. S. Army.
In this branch of the service, he has received his successive
promotions and has seen special service in these several
capacities: acting military attache, Peking, China; Intel-
ligence Office, Southern Department; Inspector Instructor
National Guard, Twelfth Provisional Division; member of
General Staff at Washington to which he was detailed on
March 21, 1918. While he was on this duty, he received
his appointment as colonel of infantry. On September 7,
1918, he was relieved from duty with the General Stafif
and assigned to his present command.

We were delighted to find in our new leader a man of
varied tastes. While he was firm in having the program
of intensive training strictly compUed with he was de-
termined that the routine of drill should not dull the spirit
of the men. To this end he did not allow the athletic
side of the military program to be neglected. Such was
the interest shown in athletics, that in a short time a regi-
mental field meet was arranged. This was the first
regimental meet held in the division. To add to the
interest, each company of the regiment was asked to stage
some special stunt. At the remembrance of some of these,
who would not smile! The Bolsheviki and Czecho-
slovaks, flying their gaudy colors and brandishing their
formidable weapons of the domestic type, passed in review
before their brilliant leaders, and were afterward brought
to a clash in a heated pitched battle which resulted in the
complete overthrow of the Bolsheviki. The first meet
aroused an interest in athletics which was maintained.
When the eleven was selected to represent the division on
the gridiron, our regiment had the honor of furnishing
three men to the team, namely, Sergeant Lamb and
Corporal Tally, of Headquarters Company, and Private
Burbaker, of "A" Company.

We came together as an ofi^ering to the cause of Liberty
in the earth; we shall return rejoicing in its triumph. We
came flushed with the hope of seeing active service in the
struggle; as that was not ours to claim, we shall waive the
disappointment and return glad of the little we have given.
We feel with General Leonard Wood that: "One who has
willingly and loyally responded to the call to arms, and
who has put his best efforts, mental and physical, into the
training, and performed all military duties required of
him to the best of his ability, standing ready always to
make the supreme sacrifice of his life, if need be, has done
all that a good soldier and citizen could do to insure the
successful prosecution of the war." In such a spirit we
take our leave ready to return to the colors of our country
in any hour of her need.

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Major John Keliher
Major Guy C. Fenner
Major Henry L. Baker
2nd Lieut. Richard E. Bradley

COLONEL SILLMAN AND STAFF, SCth L\F.

Left to right:

1st Lieut. Ralph H. Homan
Major Henry V. de Hority
Colonel Robert H. Sillman
Capt. Harry G. Martin
Capt. Alvin C. Hope

1st Lieut. Charles R. Gress
Chaplain Acker C. Miller
1st Lieut. Robert H. Feltner
1st Lieut. William E. Heaton

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 86th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Caspar R. Crim
1st Lieut. Clinton L. LeRoy
1st Lieut. James C. Fitzpatrick
Regimental Sergeant Major Chas. A. Davis
Regimental Sergeant Major Chas. C. Cannon

.Sergeants

Ransom R. Kennicolt
Elmer F. Schoner
Geo. R. Barger
Herschel B. Brown
Otto Celestino
Elmer Christofferson
Melvin M. Currier
Lewis A. Hawkins
Robt. E. Hawkins
Estes Lamb
Pearl .\. Scott
Sidnc\' W. Taprcll
Jas. V. Tysl

Corporals

Fred R. .\chor

Sam H. Benton (Mail)

Chancy E. Berry

Ira V.Blue

Arthur C. Brash (Mail)

Jas. S. Brown

Madison Bullock

Mack B. Carwile

Wilbur C. Clough

Jay E. Conklin
Chas. E. Corbin
Jens. L. Damgaard
Allen E. Dunster
AUie Gardner
Wra. E. Gobleman
Geo. .'\. Hawkins
Gregor Hegler
Geo. Ingles
Horace E. Johnson
Chas. Kolesiak
Frederick C. Krueger
Seth W. Lauchner
John E. Mciscnheldcr
Irvin H. Monroe
Harold B. McKinncy
Marvin F. Nichols
Wm. Schumann
Alvy Talley
MeHton Trujillo
Wm. A. Tucker
Russell D. Turner
Lawrence E. Winters

Mechanics
Chas. T. .\nderson

Regimental Sergeant Major Fred C. Kuehl
Battalion Sergeant Major Tiedmont G. Bell
BattaUon Sergeant Major Robt. C. Lehman
Battalion Sergeant Major Ray W. Veale
Color Sergeant .\lbert R. Eckhardt
Color Sergeant Peter M. Joze

1st Sergeant Fred .A. Merrill
Supply Sergeant J>ouis .\. Raeke
Stable .Sergeant Paul B. Aregood
Orderly Sergeant Ewing C. Brinkley
Mail Sergeant Geo. E. Bucks

Harry L. Holland
Jerry C. Moon

Horseshoer
Geo. Schmidt

Privates — First Class
Harve L. Beach
Edwin A. Benedict
.Arthur E. Blancy
Michael J. Brennan
Charlie T. Brown
Ralph R. Courtright
Phillip Daley
John .V. Darnofall
Lcons O. Downs
John Drenseck
Christian P. Ebersole
Chas. Fay
Paul F. Frost
Emery Gardner
Perry C. Gray
John L. Grimes
Patrick Hnrty
Robt. C. Horton
Glenn C. Jones
Harold H. K raver

Walter B. Locke
Edward Melsh
John R. Miller
John E. Moore
Wm. L. Nelson
Arthur C. Nord
.Albert J. Obertheim
Thos. C. Owen
Edward O. Pulliam
William Ray
Hugh D. Record
lirnest A. Sams
David J. Shay
Lawrence C. Sheffield
Elmer Slice
.Ansel H. Strait
Leonard C. Sullivan
Geo. Tanasku
Jas. C. Wall
Lawrence A. Warriner

Privates
Chas. Ackerson
Wendell H. Brickert
Joseph Bruck
Re.x Bruebaker
Earl Brvan

Temple Carlton
John E. Cason
Constant Cheney
James W. Colby
Clarence N. Cole
Wm. N. Cole
Earl D. Cooley
John Costello
Thos. J. Cowan
Ethra Curtis
Chas. J. Davis
Wells F. Derringlon
Harold Dybwad
Clarence C. Eddleman
Virgil L. Finch
John W. Gleaves
Wm. A. Gowd}-
Glenn Harrison
.Arthur L. Hearing
Frank W. King
Cecil V. Kishpaugli
Isador H. Levinthal
Chester I. Little-
.Anton Lowak
John W. Mathieson
Aug. G. Meyer
.Arthur C. Minor

Frank Mohel
Earl W. Morrill
Richard Murphy
Chas. Myers
Thos. L. McDonald
Carroll E. Neve
Jas. R. Pardonner
Arthur Peachey
Bruno Pfullman
Wm. F. Ponder
General W. Pound
Cecilio Ramirez
Clyde O. Richards
Donald Roberts
Harold R. Seibert
David H. Smith
John D. Stachura
Clivey H. Sullivan
Carl H. Tapp
Jas. C. Taylor
John H. R. Taylor
Walter B. Teleck
Herman L. Wendt
John B. Whitney
Cecil C. Williams
Frank E. Wolfe
John W. Gamble

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MACHINE GUN COMPANY, S6th INFANTRY

tptain Thomas L. McCarthy

1st Lieut. George X. Rucker

Sergeants

Sigur H. Hilleboe

Harry Boswoith

Henry .-X. Sanders

Leslie H. Bowling

Alex. Jarocki

John Campion

Edmond R. Smith

Otto F. Seiford

Thomas Pearse

John Cesmovar

Joseph J. Splitt

John H. Colev

Paul J. Ryan

Max C. Freeman

William Unger

Patrick Costello

Charles L. Sumnei

Edward C. Fuller

Hubert J. Varner

Orin H. Richardson

Leonard M. Hudson

Walter S. Williams

Lonnie C. Williamson

Privates

Henry G. Martens

Emmit W. Winn

Henry J. Albers

Charlie C. Moore

David N'i.xon

Corporals

Guy Bearden

John Pazen

Jack Gnody

Clarence A. Beatty

Ludolph Radick

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SUPPLY COMPANY, 86th INFANTRY

Regimental Supply Sergeants
Hugh Barker
Gordon Brewer
Landrum B. Harrill

1st Sergeant
Kenneth E. LaSaliniere

Stable Sergeant
Raney Lykins

Wagon Master Sergeant
Claude R. Grammer

Supply Sergeants
George Burgart
Henry E. Rohde

Sergeant
Thomas L. McClanahan

Company Supply Sergeant
Mario G. Tonini

Corporals
Vivian L. Connor
Robert L. Cunningham
Earl R. O'Donnell
Jesse B. McCumber

Corporal (Ord.)
William M. Paris

Mechanics
Wilbur R. Roberts
Otto Ernst
Roy A. Hickcox

Cooks
Mathew J. Casper
John J. Rossetto
James WilUams

Horseshoers
Ales J. Kautto
Lewis Miller

Charles E. Robinson

Wagoners

Sam L. Baker
John D. Beach
Lawrence Boles
Willie N. Cargill
George R. Chalmers
Charles E. Fobare
George Harp
Leiand A. Hibschman
John I. Jackson
Cecil W. Jones
Henry Kraai
Alva E. Lowrj'
Arthur P. Mashbum
John R. McCollum
Thos. E. O'Shaughnessy
Harry E. Pierson
Luther L. Pitts

Vandiver C. Porter
William M. Thomas
James G. Thornton
Eddie Wilson

Saddler
Otto Pruesky

Privates — First Class
Clyde C. Bender
Stanley Berzinski
Thomas Gaynor
Roy T. Gower
Emil H. Langer
.\l\-in H. Peters
Dave Goosby

Privates
James P. Ainsworth

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COMPANY "A," 86th INFANTRY

Captain George Eichelmann

1st Lieut. Walter S. Black 1st Lieut. Mitchell Jenkins 2nd Lieut. Ernest E. Applegate

1st Sergeant William F. Cunningham Supply Sergeant Fred Hackendorf

Sergeants

John Boluch
David A. Hil.
Albe'-t Kizlei
Theodore A. Olson
Harry M. Pownall

Corporals

Edmund R. Brown
Amalio Perotto
Lenton L. Potts
Jame.« E. Davis
Thomas W. Jones
John O. Lundry
Edward D. Wright
George F. Dye
John E Mielke
Emanujl E. Clark
Roy O. Mees
Fred J. Middie
Fred S. I.ytle
Thomas W. Thompson

Mechanics
Earl Swah
Louis Linberg

Bugler

William S. Robhins

Privates — First Class

Minat V. Burnett
John Hacay
Edward Kozica
Louis T. Ryan
Joseph Ronkey
Walter Sebaugh

Privates

John S. Ammons
Charles C. Bogel
Arthur R. Boland
Joe Baratta
Charlie Bass
Robert Q. Baugh
Louis Bosse

Charles Brown
Ronie L. Buchanan
Alver M. Chadwick
Henry A. Cooper
Audie W. Connell
Claud G. Collier
William B. Davis
Houston Desmond
Robert G. DeBorde
Bethel Deskin
John R. Devaney
Nathan Dow
Milton H. Epstein
Ysabel Esquibcl
Vick Fagnani
Clyde M Fenton
Thomas F. Franklin
Erwin H. Gold
Herman C. Goldberg
Herman J Gombert
Heber Golden
Otto C. Grebe
Christobal Gutierrez
Felis Gutierrez

Ellis Hargrove
Lloyd E. Harper
Willie Hoefelmeyer
John M. Hood
Robert A. Holden
William Holden
Eddie H. Hopman
Aloys J. Hellman
Lawrence V. Kallus
Edwin J. Kieffer
Harry A. Kunz
Tom Lawson
Vernan A. Lester
Arthur Lofland
Joshua Lo,.5an
Christobal Longoria
Nathaniel McDaniel
Arthur B. Manning
Steve Mantey
Horace J. Marler
Robert M. Mason
Wellington F. Martin
Charlie Meleton
Vincent Mazzoni

Robert J. Means
Arthur H. Meyer
Logan Nelson
Jasper Nickelbur
Harry M. O'Donnell
Howard J. Pendieton
WiUie G. Pennington
John C. Pitts
Bruce W. Price
Olin W. Richards
Stephen W. Richard
Fritz Richter
Charlie Rosenbaum
Jce P. Schindler
Louis Slay
Philip E. Stevens
Thomas E. Tindall
Frank Travaglini
Oscar J. Wartenbach
Earnest Wengenroth
Edda Well man
Kurt Wilde
William F. Williams
James M. Young

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Captain Ludie R

. Barker

Captain Cecil R.

Boman

1st Lieut. Jeron (

2. Stoddard

Sergeants

Mechanics

Charles R. Farrell

William J. Stieg

Clyde A. Hawkins

George T. Linegar

J. H. English
Earl D. Warren

Privates — First Class

Joseph L. Baane

Corporals

William Fredericksen

Dwight Horney

Christie H. Hough

John M. Michaud

Everett Ely

Paul E. Youberg

John Chanka

Fred W. Snow-

Privates

Warren D. Hanscom

Alford C. Beard

Nickolas Despoto

Dean Bearden

James R. Boyd

Horace G. Bennett

William J. Hastings

Frank J. Bentley

Walter J. Tracy

Andrew T. Berry

Edward W. H. Abraham

Edward H. Bradford

George H. W. Britton

Cook

Claude Brockman

Edgar C. Brown

Bruce L. Hav

Charles A. Bulin

COxMPANY -'B," 86th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Earl W. Bratton
2nd Lieut. Michael Connelly
1st Sergeant Harrison H. Pool

Mess Sergeant Peter Rekosky
Supply Sergeant Cecil C. King

Robert D. Burns
Willie Burrough
James B. Bush
Joseph C. Caddell
James D. Camp
Xicasio Castillo
Henrv S. Chambers
Erdie" H. Clark
Richard A. Crum
George R. Davis
Joe Davis
Lee W. Denman
Gu>- W. Dillehay
John Evenson
Jess Halbert
Thomas J. Harris
Albert J. Hector
Wiley H. Hendricks
Tommie L. Herrington
Clarence E. Higgs
Roy E. Hinton
Minor M. Hittson
Willie F. Hons

Ben Hubr
Edwin Immel
Frank Jarrett
Earl E. Kelly
Daniel S. Lansdon
Leonard Lewis
Claude E. Lovorn
Russell R. Mahavier
Henry S. McWhorter
Paul H. Meissner
Albert M. Melin
Marvin P. Miller
John E. Minter
Ransy O. Minton
Joseph J. Mitchell
.Arnie E. Mullins
Gerhardt Nelson
George F. Norris
Lester R. Norris
Ravmond S. Norris
Albert O'Hara
William B. O'Harrow
Henry P. Phipps

Joseph G. Putman
Meyer Rabinovitz
Jessie Rawls
Carl E. Richards
Charlie Rowell
Benjamin G. Ruiz
Elzie Saunders
Clarence R. Schetterley
Henry J. Schirmer
Henry Schubert, Jr.
Benjamin F. Selvage
Turner E. Shaver
William A. Smith
James W. Spann
Dale Standifer
Eugene W. Stark, Jr.
William B. Stockton
F.arl H. Swan
James E. Tarpley
Jim Tems

Marshall M. S. Toler
Willie E. Walker
John B. Young

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COMPANY "C," 86th INFANTRY
Captain Edwin N. Stanley Captain C. E. Matt Dahlgreen

1st Lieut. Fdward T. Bagaley 1st Lieut. Beehe W. Yeager 2nd Lieut. Joe McDonald

1st Sergeant Barthnlomcw S. Cusic Supply Sergeant Charles E. Ellis

Sergeants
Guy O. Lockwood
Patrick F. Condon
Wade H. Furrow
Harold J. Boulton
Gradv S. Cheek
Harold C. Reese

Corporals
Martin L. Tanner
Paul G. Raasch
Humbert O. Nellie
Orval F. Litherland
Delmire Hart
Leo Kolodzaike

Cooks
John B. Gore
George T. George

George Jaeckel
James R. Price

Bugler
Edwin R Freehner

Mechanics
Louis E Hogan
Anslem Isakson

Privates — First Cla's
Benjamin L. Hariis
William C. R. Heckner
Garland H. Henderson
Samuel L. Howard
John Jandecka
John Klikunas
Lester H. Lamore
Mike Lapuch

Lyman P. Mittlesteadt
Tohn Noyes
Grover C. Porter

Privates
Benjamin F Adams
Feline A Aragon
Felibtrto Armiyo
WiMiam H. Benedix
Fred G. Beshell
Sylvester P. Bock
Raymond C. Boysen
George Bradley
C. H. Bronn
Rufus B. Brown
Graden Bryant
Edgar Burns
Robert D. Burroughs
Samuel .\. Bu.sh

Carroll E. Butler
Jesse S. Butler
Val J. Caruth
Lem F^akin
Edwin R. EUebraught
Cliarlie Engelage
Louis H. Fisher
Wesley J. Geistweidt
George E. Gcsche
Frank W. Gray
Rock E. Greapleaf
George Haler
James M. Hawkins
Charlie Henske. Jr.
Fritz A. Jan'sen
Guy H. Jenkins
George A. Jensen
Ven M. Jones
Elbert W. Jordan

Mike L. Kubiak
Robert L. Lingo
Sillano Lopez
.\dt)lph H. Maeker
Sam J. Martin
Edgar Moses
Edward Murphy
Louis Muto
Eli W. McDonald
Homer McMichacl
Joe C. Neilon
Carl V. Nordqulst
Jose M. Olivarez
Fred C. Paris
David A. Perdue
Henry W. Petering
Thomas J. L. Ray
Morgan V. Reed
Fred B. Sartain

Fredwick W. Schramm
Willie E. Schulenberg
Elbert T. Shotwell
John W. Sims
Willie C. Smith
Louis R. Storey
Lewis Stuckey
Frank Thompson
Pum Roy Thompson
James E. Thornhill
Erwin W. Tidwell
Thomas G. Veitch
Frank H. Waherenberg
Benjamin T. Walker
Charles F. Warling
Wallace E Warren
Clyde C. Wilson

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COMPANY "E,'" 86th INF. WIRY

Captain Percy G. Caldwell

1st Lieut. Francis M. Charev 1st Lieut. Leonard A. Wilson 2d Lieut. Edward J. PoUik

1st Sergeant Harold S. Twiss Supply Sergeant Win C. Gumme

Sergeants
Raymond A. Stephens
George D. Corey
Arthur Lauer
Leonard B. Banks
Alfred H. Linder
Walter C. Heins

Corporals
Ray Hamilton
Willie D. Lee
Augustine Mach
John H. Warner, Jr.
Robert C. Nowy
Harry Veach
Edwin W. Grimes

Mechanics
Athos Call
Louis Herb

Buglers — First Class

Jos Biondi
George Cross

Privates — First Class
Henry Allegretti
Walter Sitarz
Earnest Querl
C'arence Bailey
Frederick Bickel
Lloyd F. Rogers
Paul Garlisch
Coin T. Peago
Ernest J. Savant
Arthur Thigpin
Casper Reiff
Joseph Wallace

Caivin R. Bradburry
Jesus Maldonado
Chas. H. TomUnson
Wm. M. Antilley
John Dulock
Wm. D Harvison
Bunyon Cooper

Privates
Dudley Alton
Wm. H. Armstrong
Thomas O Baker
Henry M. Bprrett
Earl Blaif

Emmitt E. Bowerman
Emil Braun
Mayron M. Cook
Juan B Garcia

Car! Gordon
Robert P. Grigg=
Edward M. Heidom
Thomas B. Hall
Adolph G. Hanusch
Henry C. Jones
Clarence Kinzer
John A. Kuehl
Daniel Lantrip
Arthur Lenz
Rutillic Leyva
Guy H. Morrison
Vince Navara
Elbert Morris
Arthur Pritchett
Thurman Petty
Ed. E. Robbin?

Joe Schulak
Gustave A. Srhulze
O'lie A. Sides
Tom T. Stark
Edward M. Simmons
Dee M. Sanders
George C. Strong
Oscar Ulrich
Harmon T. Wingfield
Aldredge T. Ward
John Walla
George T. Wright
Cleaber S. Warren
Joseph J Zelinski

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COMPANY "G," 86th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. Winfrey G. Nathan

Captain John H. White
2nd Lieut, .\rthur R. Spann 1st Sergeant Joe A. Williams

Supply Sergeant Tom J. Nowicki

Sergeants
Charles F. McManamin
Reymond E. Leonard
Erwin G. Fluty
Joseph C. White
Edward Merganthaler
Andrew C. Wozniak
Otto Ohlrich
Marvin Wright

Corporals

Errol P. Johnson
Raymond A. Wheeler
Victor Niemi
Clarence R. McCoy
Carl A. Fowler
Wincenty Zielinski
William C. Kleine
Harold C. Rippy
Ignatz J. Sorgmann
George J. Novak

Mechanics

Martin O. Wagenbach
Charles H. Waller

Buglers

Virgil J. Clanton
Louis Grossman

Privates — First Class
Elmer W. Boettcher
Jan Dzieciol
John Evans
Oscar George
Thomas Gordon
Josef Gorka
Roy R. Grant
George W. Hemmingway
John H. HiU
Troy M. Hodges
Robbie C. Knight
John Majetic
Floyd Payne
Mark Milasinovich
Paul Selaya
Frank Waraszcynski
Harrison W. Welty

Privates
Marcus M. Abma
Kersey D. Alexander
Thee L. Arwood
Rufus W. Ballenger
John W. Bird
Chelby C. Brown
Jesse C. Brownwell
Willie E. Burleson
.\lbert L. Busby
James L. Cade

Clarence P. Campbell
John H. Canary
David C. Carter
Castullo Castellano
Willie S. Chapman
JIanuel Cherry
Rutledge B. Childress
Pinkney A. Conn
John C. Cook
Silas Cooper
Dolar H. Coulson
Jack G. Cude
Charlie E. Culver
Claud B. Cunningham
James A. Davidson
Louis Dressier
Lewis H. Drum
Hugh L. Dighton
Charles F. Dissler
William H. EUett
Harry J. Engelke
Archie P. Fitzgerald
Tony Floca
William R. Ford
John H. Franklin
Corbit Gravitt
Henry E. Grove
Charles G. Grumbles
Thomas O. Hamilton
William J. Hathcoat

R. D. Hatten
Ernest Hayes
Jesse P. Hileman
William C. Holden
Conrad E. Johnson
Jesse L. Johnson
Bronislaw Kaczinski
Karel Kaluza
Emsley Kinnon
William C. Kocian
John L. Leeper
Lawrence M. Maupin
William E. Marberry
Farris E. Moore
James R. Murrell
Everett L. Parker
John H. Pinson
James W. Pratt
Herman Park
Floyd Ramos
John P. Riley
Joseph L. Russell
Icem Ryals
Herman J. Scherer
Chappel C. Sewell
Everett B. Shaw
Walter E. Shoemaker
James F. Shields
William B. Short

Vertice F. Smith
Arthur G. Snelgrove
John T. Still
Lewis W. Stegmiller
James B. Stovall
Danis P. Stowe
Alvin E. Swenson
Edgar B. Taylor
Fred O. Thames
Carles Thomas
James P. Thomas
Jim I. Thomas
Wesley L. Thompson
Gustav A. Toepfer
Roy L. Tucker
Isaac R. Turner
Joe Ullman
Reyes Vera Cruz
Charlie D. Walls
Carrus S. Ward
John R. Wheeler
Howell M. White
Clifton Whitton
Willie L. Wilson
Wesley B. Withrow
Thomas M. Wolverton
Jack Wood
Alvin A. Yeager
Charlie J. Zost

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COMPANY "I," 86th INFANTRY

Captain Herbert N. Eadon

2nd Lieut. Leonard B. Berkbigler

1st Lieut. John C. Heidenreich
1st Sergeant Ebb Wood

1st Lieut. Glenn P. Gardner
Supply Sergeant Richard C. Ormsby

Sergeants

William O. Kimsey
William Hoflman
WendeU P. Kline
Jay Hamilton
Franklin P. Childers
Joe Vitale

Corporals

Edward Moran
Ernest H. Beinke
Ernest Kirklin
John Cihak

Cooks
August Raes
Harrison H. Moulton

Mechanics
Fra.nk Dixon
Stephen B Whitley

Privates — First Class
Joseph Costello
Claience F. Hyatt
Ernest W. Kimble
James W. Moore
Joe H. Will'ams

Privates
Charlie Benoskia
Middy P. Bingham
Odell J. Brown
William F. Bryan
Harry W Buck
Martin K. Cassel
Grover H. Clay
Grady H. Crank
William P. Collins
Orris H CundiEf
Benjamin Cummings
Sidney L. Curtis
Elmer R. Dame

Charlie N. Derrick
Floyd L. Dotson
Harm C. Donehoo
Cecil C. Easley
William H Eastcrling
Clyde H. Ellison
Wendell F. Ellsworth
Amado Everett
Willie A. Franklin
Alexander Glendenning
Grady L, Grandstaff
James S. Harvey
John R. Harvey
Thomas A. Hendrix
Adolphus Hurbough
John H. Jack.«on
Jesse B. Kittron
Stephen Kleehammer
John Krianiak
Marion L^ftin
James Low

Benjamin Loustaunau
CliEEord O. Marler
George Miles
Floyd J. Moseley
Volney C. Norris
William B. Parrish
William I. Parks
Harm F. Phillips
Wiley J. Pike
Clodioue A. Powell
Louis P. Read
Cloy Rrid
Albert Richardson
Clarence T. Robinett
Will Rodgers
Merritt B. Seelye
Btrt Shambles
John H. Spivey
Paul Villerreal
Claud L Ward .
Travis B. Wilkins

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COMPANY "K," 86th INFANTRY

Captain Thomas E. Lipscomb

1st Lieut. Thomas K. Creson 1st Lieut. Walter \\. Calkins 2nd Lieut, .\lbert H. Stelzner

1st Sergeant .\nton Jonke Supply Sergeant Grover C. Moss

Sergeants

Walter Fleszar
James D. Harry
John E. McCreary
OUie Moore

Corporals

Edd N. Rednour
Ralph Tank
Lloyd H. Wormley
Thomas F. Loyd
Merv'en Roberson
Neil Farren
Alva O. Hall
Joseph P. Holloman
Wilhelm Jensen
George C. Kline
Napoleon T. Pa\-ment
Blake B. Riley '
Ross R. Truesdale

Mechanic

Pater Butenas

Bugler

Andrew Chachoevech

Privates — ^First Class

Stanley Bemot
Patrick J. Delaney
Francis A. Hughes
Fabian S. Kelly
Otto Muzzarelli
Willard H. Purfeerst
Richard D. Roberts
Edward Schmidt

Privates
Horace Baker
Ernest Ballow
Oscar J. Beard
John C. Bennefield
Frederick H. Birck

Jim G. Blo.xom
Jerry T. Bowlin
Bradford B. Brinson
Truman Brooks
Hollie D. Bush
Leo Cherry
Robert G. Clark
Boss Cockerell
John M. Cole
Luther C. Crump
Ernest N. Cummings
Albert E. Davis
Henry S. DeBord
Earl Dbcon
Arch B. Ellis
Jesse L. Eubanks
James P. Faircloth
Frank J. Filip
William W. Freeman
William Gear}-
.•\ndrew J. Hansen
Reuben H. Harvil
Frank J. Herbst

Albert Hohensee
Frank Honomichl
Charles L. Hunter
Robert R. Inderman
Thomas M. Johnson
Daniel Kelley
Otto P. Koehler
Herman C. Kram
Robert W. Laas
Leroy Lane
Glenn McClurg
Ernest Ritter
Delmond D. Seamans
Glen C. Smith
Essibious J. Stone
V'ernie Taylor
.\ndrew J. Toney
Frank Trader
Asa E. Walker
Sam Watson
Hariie A. Watts
John T. Weatherford
.\bner O. Whiddon

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COMPANY "L," 86th INFANTRY

Sergeants
Ritson Browning
Christopher Campbell
Ova Farien
Fred Miller
Thomas K. Jones
James D. Whitaker

Corporals
Luther L. Coughlan
Daniel F. Draper
Henry French
Stephen Gilbert
Joseph W. Gordon
Terrence McEntee
Jack S. Mitchell
Alamander L, Whitaker
Bemhard A. Wnukowski

Captain Edward A. Collins
1st Lieut. Lovic W. Livingston 1st Lieut. Leonard G. Geiselman

1st Lieut. Glenn E. Van Meter 1st Lieut. Harold E. Gilliland

1st Sergeant Charles P. Crowley

Buglers
Harry C. Dillard
David Segal

Mechanics
.\rthur W. Bradley
Louis Yaslowitz

Privates — First Class
George W. Forrest
Nathaniel F. Hewitt
Frank H. Lewis
Urban L. Schell
Floyd R. Womack

Privates
William I. Allen
Stanley Babiaz
TranquiHno Barela

Luther Batev
John E. Bilb'rey
Thomas J. Callihan
George D. Campbell
Conrad M. Carlson
Clay B. Chitwood
Cyrus W. Cothran
Loyd B. Cowart
George A. Cuchener
James J. Deacon
James E. Dicken
Ray Edwards
Joseph Ferraro
William H. Flanagan
Robert L. Foster
Ralph R. Fullbright
Seberiano Garcia
Joe L. Garner
.\udie H. Graham

Cater Hales
Maximiano Jaramillo
Henry E. Lockett
Willie C. Lude
Huey S. McBee
Roy McBride
Louis McKay
Barni Macari
Ladislav J. Marik
Nicholas R. Mattingly
Siberesler Medino
William R. Merryman
Roy B. Miller
Stanley Obolewicz
Hebcr B. Odom
John V. Orsak
Lee W. Parker
.■Mien J. Peikert
Willie Petru

Ernest W. Plant
John J. Richie
William .\. Rodgers
.Marvin H. Rushing
James R. .Safar
John .\. Skelton
.\le.\-. Skoller
Slepp Smothers
Ilillard M. Soward
Pratt Stevens
James A. Swanner
John Sykora
\'cndalin Telka
Louis Timme
Warren B. Tuttle
Thomas I. Vannoy
Richard R. Ward
tJeorge W. Watson
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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 86th INFANTRY

1st Lieut. James T. King, M. C.

Captain Harry G. Martin, M. C, Commanding

1st Lieut. Richard P. Dorris, M.C. First Class Sergeant Edward W. Thompson

Sergeants

Jesse E. Cumbee
Henry H. Hodgen

Garrard D. Smith
Judson T. Wilkes

Roy I. Benson
Charles A. Braman

Privates — First Class
William P. Butler Elmer 0. Jacobson

Charley W. Dodson Waldo E. Karcher

William Matte
George E. Markart

Marvin Bickle
Lee P. Burnett
Reginald E. Cox
Charles E. Dower
Elbert C. Ferguson
William C. Fuller
George Gamble

Privates
Dow Hudson
Herbert G. Hughes
Irl E. Larimore
John C. Kennedy
William T. Hayes
Bryan Lloyd
Charlie C. McQuiston
William M. Moos

Celley T. Nutt
Walter F. Peters
Bircet J. Sublett
James E. Williams
Adelbert L. Wilson
Larkin A. Jones
James T. Turner

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 35th INFANTRY
Ccmtinued from page 116

Privates — Conlinued
\Vm. J. Barker
Harn.- C. Barr
Wm.' Batters
Leonard Beach
Ralph B. Bement
Arthur R. Bennett
Stephen Berardi
Russell Brown
James Burke
Ralph J. Burns
Carl Burster
Wm. B. Byrd
Arlie H. Camahan
Edward B. Caron
Frank J. Chapek, Jr.
Charles W. Darrow
Claude M. Davis
Henrv J. Deutsch
William H. Dike
Edward Doyle
Da\-id M. Drur\-
Merton P. Dunlap
Louis G. Exter
Clyde O. Fisher
Hugh Flanagan
Delbert Flores
Cecil Freeman
Carl A. Graf
Albert Graves
Piatt H. Hammond
Mitchell W. Hauth
Cyril Hawn

Daniel Hoare
Babe Homer
Harry M. Howell
Woodson D. Huffman
I.*slie M. Hulse
Edw. W. Hotchkiss
John J. Ingling
Fred Jeffers
Arthur F. Johnson
Floyd C. Johnson
Arundle F. Jones
Whitney Judkins
John J. Joyce
Stanislaw Kendziora
Edwin Kirwin
Charlie K. Klausen
Elza Knowles
Elbert M. Lock wood
John D. Lund
Arnold L. Melton
Wm. A. McCormick
Frank A. Magers
Edgar M. Mastad
John W. Moe
Elmer S. Morrow
Harry C. Moss
Jacob J. Mueller
James W. Mullin
Wm. L. Myers
Edmund L. Nickol
Charles H. Niederhut
Sam C. Xoot
Gavlord H. Paine

Harold S. Partridge
Harry J. Pekerek
Lawrence Perdeau
Lars P. Peterson
Edward J. Pingel
Francis D. Powell
Wm. F. Powell
Thomas C. Purcell
Verdie Raper
John E. Reid
Everett Richmond
Ernest J. Robinson
Roy V. Robinson
Ray S. Rome
Wilbert J. Runge
Harr>' W. Scarbrough
John C. Schnarr
Robert K. Schwarz
Fred W. Seefeldt
Thunnan N. Shafer
Jesse E. Shyrack
William H. Smith
Kem E. Snow
Jesse W. Souther
Albert SteiimiiUer
Edward J. Strickland
Carl J. Swanson
James H. Turner
Valentine J. Vance
Edw. W. VanGundy
Julius Voelker
Walter Vogt
Linden Walton

Ray E. Warren
Samuel P. Watson
Elmer L. White
Clarence .\. Wilson
Edward G. Wolf
Marvin B. Wood
Paul F. W>Tine

Headquarters Company

Band
Assistant Band Leader
Jeremiah Christiano

Sergeant Bugler
John Devlin

Band Sergeants
Earl H. Summer\-ille
Fred James
Walter S. Wade
Herbert W. Dealing

Band Corporals
Otis Cutlip
Florian A. Holek

Musicians — First Class
Orville C. Lind
Frank J. Bennett
Lloyd J. Bowen
Thomas J. Murphy
Alex. Zukowski

Musicians — Second Class
Harry J. Bennett
William Sweegon
Ray O. Whorral
George Jones
Anton Piazza
Richard Burns
Samuel Ritz

Musicians — ^Third Class
Frank Abbott
Mike Bachkis
John Cebula
Anton Cupik
Joe Dimeo
Adhemard Faucer
Alex. Glombiki
Samuel Hancock
Gustave Johnson
Paul Liangminas
Joseph Mattal
Clarke A. Purcell
Karl R. Young
George Yurisich
Frank Mikelasek
Wm. Weisenbach
Francis Hilliard

SUPPLY COMPANY, 35th INFANTRY

Conlinned from page US

Wagoners — Conlinued
John Folkerts
BUI F. Foster
Philip Gallo
Joe Glover
Andrew D. Goodson
James W. Gossett
William Green
George O. Gregorj-
James H. Hamilton
George Hanson
Hie P. Harrison
Maynard W. Healy
Patrick F. Heffemann
Robert Helton
Bill Jones
Charles C. Keith
Thomas Kelly
Mathias H. Klein
Henry Krager
Clyde Kygar
Earl Lattin

Raymond Little
WiU. H. Lyons
Taylor F. Martin
Evart McFaddan
James McVey
William Metcalf
Paris Meyers
Thomas Miskell
Charley Newberry
Richard C. Nunlley
Thomas O'Neil
Harold Peterson
Elmer C. Peterson
Robert O. Phillips
William Poel
Charles V. Riggsbee
Alva R. Roberts
Rusaw Saylor
Fred Schaefer
Elmer E. Schultz
Freeman L. Sherwood
George F. Street

Thomas J. Sutley
Hugh Taylor
Sherman E. Thompson
Joseph Tipotsch
Garvin Vaughn
William F. Waslous
Ernest C. Wheeler
Lorin E. Wilkins
Lloyd O. Williams
James W. Winn
Floyd W. Young

Privates — First Class

John N. Adler
George W. Allen
Robert E. Connell
Abraham Edelson
Harold C. Fletcher
Hany V. Fletcher
Herbert A. Kepple
Archie A. Metcalf

Emmet F. O'Connell
Henry Woodward

Privates
Martin A. Adams
Frank Carter
Claude C. Embree
John H. Fox
Pearl A. Gilmore
Evett L. Good
Henry Martin
Nicholas J. Miller
Charles Partner
Orion L. Perry
William V. Rafferty
Earl A. Robinson
Ivar W. Shaw
R. B. Sturdavant
Charles Thomas
George Thompson
Edward Williams
Foster Wilson

Joseph Wirth
Joseph Zuber

Ordnance Detachment
35th Infantry

Detachment Commander
Captain R. N. Hamilton

Ordnance Sergeant
John W. Robinson

Corporal of Ordnance
Henry C. Ahlers

Privates — First Class
William G. Jackson
Cornelius P. McHugh

Privates
Rellie Sitz
Marshall Smith
Clarence McFarland

August Laucius
Felix Lawicki
Ora Little
Edward C. Lutes
Bartolo Maez
Jesse Mayfield

COMPANY "B," 35th INFANTRY
Continued from page 120

Juan F. Mestas
Lawrence F. Neeser
Joseph Piasecki
Vincenzo Picinini
Warren Plymate
Jose F. Quintana

Thomas E. Raymond
Edward Rupp
Tony Santilli
Hyman Sherman
Franciszek Slowik
George Steinhoff

Guy C. Stevenson
Frank B. Swenson
Lewis C. Szewczyk
Mike Szynkowski
Jesse H. Taylor
Mike Titow

Constantnos Vlamakis
Robert R. Ward
Peter Wojcik
Leo Wolshon
Frank P. Wright
William J. G. Wuetig

Privates — Continued
Arvil J. Kellems
Leon Knox
Fred Kossow
Wadislaw Kozlowski
Julius J. Kueck
Roy C. Leonard
Earl .■\. Lonsway
Felipe Martinez

COMPANY "C," 35th INFANTRY
Continued from page 121

Louis Martinez
Herbert A. McGrain
Adelaid Medina
Raymond Mitchell
William R. Morrison
Ashley J. Moye
Stanley Mura%vski
Jim Natali
Alfred Nelsen

Ted O'Connor
Martin A. Okon
Byron G. Pierce
Lester F. Riggins
George Robuck, Jr.
Clyde W. Seevers
William F. Silberzahn
Valenty Siminski
Nick Sloko

Earl Snow
Ellis L. Snow
Harry Sorenson
Elias Trujillo
William E. Tutt
Fred C. Umgelder
Morris Valdez
Jesse Vantreese
Victor C. Vasquez

Fermin Viarrial
Jose T. Vigil
John Wahlin
Elford F. Wilson
Ernest D. Youngblood
Waldo J. Young
Michael Zemaiduk
Stanley P. Zielinski
WilUam C. tenner

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MAJOR DeROHAN AND OFFICERS, 54th MACHINE GUN BATTALION
First Row— left to right

2nd Lieut. L. F. Nelson
2nd Lieut. J. L. McKee
Captain M. B. Holson
Captain J. G. Deitz
Major F. J. DeRohan

Captain W. O. White
Captain H. S. Williams
2nd Lieut. O. A. Jenkins
1st Lieut. B. C. Kennon
2nd Lieut. C. M. McGregor

Second Row — left to right

2nd Lieut. P. E. Coad 2nd Lieut. J. R. Rash

2nd Lieut. E. M. Cooke 2nd Lieut. J. A. Toepfer

2nd Lieut. C. M. McCune 2nd Lieut. C. H. Hardison

1st Lieut. P. R. .\cton 2nd Lieut. C. B. Manifold

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HEADQUARTERS, 54th MACfflNE GUN BATTALION
Major F. J. DeRohan, Commanding 2nd Lieut. Oran A. Jenkins, Adjutant 2nd Lieut. Emmet M. Cook, Supply Officer

Sergeant Majors
James J. Eberfeld
Chris A. Jensen

Personnel Sergeant
Earle E. Brj-ant

Stable Sergeant
Feaman A. Paul

Corporal
Maurice R. Kutcher

Privates
Xorby .\ycock
Geo. E. Cross
Claud K. Gray
Walter A. May
John B. Mewes

Frank K. Boland
Francis M. Brown
Walter R. Cranford
John Dohbel
John Gassett
Axel W. Kallberg
Denzil L. Nelson

Oscar M. Ntl an
Frank Paul
Fred Price
George Schmick
Herhiert R. Snyder
Fred Wood

COMP.\NY "A," 54th SL^CHINE GUN BATTALION

2nd Lieut. Morris M. Taylor 2nd Lieut. Chas. N. McCune 2nd Lieut. Paul E. Coad

1st Sergeant Jerimiah J. SuUivan, Jr. Stable Sergeant Ema L. Robinson

Sergeants
William H. Schwab
Harr>- Dill
Frank E. Kates

Corporals
Christian Stief
Bert R. York
Patrick J. O'Malley
Carl Rewak
Everett E. Sims
Henry E. .\shum
.\lbert Halfpap
Tom M. Sears

Privates
Wyley L. .\iidrews
Edgar R. Baker
Walter J. Booth
Charles Bemasek
Paul Braun
Thomas W. Brj'ant
Joseph A. Ce\Tiowa
Claude A. Chrisco
Howard H. Chapman
William H. CUnt
Walter H. Dallmann
Richard F. Daugherty
Leo Draftz
Louis A. Endres
James C. Ferris
Leo F. Fisher

.Albert J. Frelke
Allan H. Gallaher
Hemyn J. Gowans
Clarence C. Haislet
Irvin L. Harrison
Joe P. Hardin
Herbert Hyatt
Michial Herdegen
John H. Jenkins
Ernest W. Jockheck
Joel Johnson
Currie T. Johnson
Dock Johnson
John P. Jones
Da\'id B. Jordon
Wilhielm C. Kamradt
William F. Kather

Ozias B. Kizer
Clinton S. Laughlin
Sla>'ton V. Lloyd
Henry E. Lotz
Lonnie L. Lowe
Lawrence E. Lutz
William A. Malley
CharUe C. Mason
Bemhard Martinson
Joseph F. McCaskill
William C. McCrimmon
Jay Miller
Guy Neel

Frank W. Neumann
Maurice Olson
WiUiam C. O'Neal
Hermas Powell

Ollie C. Rankin
Timothy J. Regan
Thomas M. Robinson
Joseph E. Roberts
Warren Robertson
Richard U. Rodman
William L. Rogers
RajTnond S. Rose
Ruius L. Slater
Claude R. Spear
Edward T. Sweet
Harry W. Thibedeau
William S. Torson
John .\. Werssell
Charles E. WTiitman
William B. Willis
Whit F. Wvnn

COMP.\NY "B," 54th MACHINE GUN BATT.VLION

Captain M. 6. Halsey
1st Lieut. Paul R. Acton
2nd Lieut. John L. McKee
2nd Lieut. C. E. McGregor

2nd Lieut. C. H. Hardison
1st Sergeant Walter S. Hartness
Supply Sergeant William F. Cole
Stable Sergeant George .■\. Stevens

Sergeants
Walter J. Cochran
Albert J.. Held
Alfred J. C. Reeves

Corporals
Russel G. Harris
Homer D. Hoyle
Clay Huffman
Edward .\. JIaginnis
Leon R. Quinlan
John Tomizek

Bugler
Milo K. Donohoe

Mechanic
Richard L. Henderson

Privates — First Class
Tom H. Amerson
WiUiam A. Craven
Tony J. Gwitt
Harold E. Hess
Guy McDanials
Sigurd Nelson
George A. Peltier
CUfford Radder
Frank Smetana
Morris Tabashnek
Henry F. Woods

Privates
Fred L. Adler
Owen B. Armistead
Stanley E. Armstrong

Edward J. Barry
Harry Berman
Grady Bridges
Leon Q. Champion
John O. Craft
Rov M. Deveraux
Ross E. Elliott
Carl F. Freed
Leander O. Griffith
Clarence L. Haley
George C. Hammac
Ray Harrison
Earl Head

Comey O. Helgerson
Ernest H. B. Hinz
Lawson C. Holder
Earl L. Johnson
ilartin E. Jachens

William F. Kanies
Richard F. Kennet
Ezra Knight
John E. Landers
Elroy Lebove
John F. Martin
John E. Mathison
Edward H. Mattick
Wilford McCabe
Wa\-ne H. McCoy
William L. McCreary
Alvin McGee
William J. ileyer
Joy F. .Miller
Dennis J. Mitchell
.\belino Montano
Henry Xoltensmier
Edward J. Panknin

Orae Pierce
Allen A. Posegay
William T. Robeison
William G. Robinson
Felix J. Roman
Arthur P. Roscoe
David A. Scheer
Charles Scott
William M. Shelton
Louis Simons
Thomis R. Snyder
George Stanton
Emil Swanson
William B. Swick
Joseph Todiro
James W. Tut tie
John Vaughn
rhomai Woodburn

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COMPANY "C," 54th MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Captain John G. Deitz

2nd Lieut. Joseph W. Rash

2nd Lieut. Courtland B. Manifold

Sergeants
John .\. Mulcrone
Harry Yordon
Thomas R. Billington
Claude J. Fulfer
Francis M. O'Neill
Harvey E. HilsenhofE
Grover H. Parker

Corporals
Ferdinand Nehls
Irving Boardman
.\rthur R. Jesse
Joco Popovich
Porter E. Taylor
Homer Vinson
LanTence F. Werner
William M. Gilsenan

Cook
Richard Elkins

Privates — First Class
Walter S. Bauer
Ober W. Chaplin
Joseph B. Dothard
Clarence Haigh
Raymond L. Harrison
Lenos A. Jackson
Asa J. Kellam
Arthur H. Loesch
Jeremiah J. Murphy
Talmage Snider
Julius L. Smilovitz

Privates
.\xel Anderson
Odis F. Barrow
William J. Bannon
Francis P. Blackburn
Benjamin S. Blackman
Guy Boring
Thomas C. Bruno
Calegero Call
Marion W. Cames
John J. Carr
WiUiam L. Carson
Joseph P. Donohue
Louis Eisenberg
Charles F. Farmer
Mathew M. Gaedert
Joseph T. Gannon
John C. Hartman

John E. Hegardt
George J. Hillgoth
Theodore A. Hintz
Claude Horn
William T. Horton
John E. Hoscheit
Thomas H. Jennings
William C. Jones
John C. Karn
James O. King
John G. Kirwan
Bruce Kizer
George A. Knott
Fredrick S. Kuhnlohe
Joseph L. Lee
Edward A. Littlejohn
William H. Littlejohn
George H. McKinnon

Adie L. McWhorter
Blaggoya Mrvosh
Noble E. Nordahl
John Oliver, Jr.
James L. Patterson
Einar Pearson
John Petrucci
Raymond E. Place
Prince E. Robinson
Victor Schneider
Lacey H. Short
Raymond O. Steward
George Stolp
Benjamin A. Tanner
WilUam G. Wagner
Asa C. Wolf
Jesse C. Woodlief
WilUam M. Wright

COMPANY "D," 54th MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Captain William O. White 2nd Lieut. Lawrence F. Nelson 2nd Lieut. John A. Toepfer

1st Sergeant A. W. Kantin Supply Sergeant C. H. Nauheimer

Sergeants
L. P. McKinney
H. L. Hale
C. A. Grover
J. A. Reed

Corporals
O. H. Treutelaar

A. W. Horn

B. G. Joseph

C. F. Enerson
C. E. Green
F. Bucholtz
J. Stewart
W. B. Wade

Cooks
M. E. Eagan
A. J. Parent

E. J. Dahl
A. Connely

Mechanic
A. L. Davis

Buglers
E. M. Lots
P. A. Brawand

Privates — First Class
E. Alexander
K. H. Bahmed
P. W. Gilmore
J. Hickman
C. Kilgore
E. J. Kotlar
H. McGlamery
H. A. Pomerening

Privates
W. W. Bean

E. Borden
W. Boen

W. T. Brooks
P. F. Conn

F. L. Cunningham
J. R. Davis

J. F. Dougherty
H. B. Downing
J. Glantz

C. M. Holbrook

G. M. Hethco.x
J. C. Holley
A. J. Hughes
W. E. Herndon
H. D. Hamby
O. J. Honsinger

D. L. Holting

P. Iwan
P. Johnson
J. C. Koenig
J. M. Kyser
W. L. Koch
T. E. Lauterdale
S. E. Lamb
M. Lyons
W. H. Meyer
S. Majercik

A. G. Meisner

B. O. Miller
J. M. Murry
E. L. Moses
H. E. McLain
S. McGowan
L. S. McGinnes
H. Ogle

J. C. Pionke
R. S. Peyovich

F. S. Parrill
A. Peek

L. H. Perkins
H. G. Puckett
H. O. Poelke
L. D. Reynolds
L. G. Snider
J. O. Stewart

G. M. Stuart
M. L. Stein

A. M. Turner

B. R. Thoren

F. K. VanAntwerp
A. L. Wyatt
L. G. Weckner
J. J. Zupancis

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CAPTAIN FARRIS AND STAFF, 52nd MACHINE GUN BATTALION

Left to right
CapUin G. B. Farris 1st Lieut. H. C. May, M. C. 2nd Lieut. Glen Bradley

2nd Lieut. H. Nowicki

FIFTY- SECOND MACHINE GUN BATTALION

A Two-Company Vehicle of Destruction

HUMAN beings and machines are sometimes much
aUke. Some function smoothly, ix)werfully and
accurately because they are made that way.
Others rattle and bang and cause no end of trouble be-
cause some parts were not fashioned or finished correctly.
Sometimes humans and machines even have like histories,
and that brings us to the Fifty-second Machine Gun
Battalion.

The Browning machine gun got a great deal of space in
the newspapers once because it committed a great military
offense — being late. But when it finally arrived! Well,
to-day Browning and machine gun mean the same; others
are referred to by name.

The Fifty-second Machine Gun Battalion, like the
Browning gun, got a late start. When the infantry of the
Eighteenth Division was going over in waves and turtle-
backing all over the parade and starting rumors about
when we get over, the battalion was still only a name.
Then a few officers reported from the machine gun Mecca
— Camp Hancock. It then started its morning report,
official sign of its being. A few days later the K. 0. re-

ported and the little two-company vehicle of destruction
started on its way. However, it didn't go far during
November, for when the wheels of the vehicle arrived from
Camp Hancock some of the sturdy spokes had the measles
and went into quarantine. The body arrived in pieces
from the Nineteenth Infantry and Thirty-fifth Infantry
and went into another barracks. So with the wheels in
one barracks and the body in another November left the
battalion almost where it found it.

Then came December 10th! The first great day in the
annals of the battalion ! On that day the quarantine was
lifted, the machine assembled for the first time and the
inspecting general ran his careful eye over its lines and
mechanism — and was pleased. Since then the divisional
battalion has been like its beloved Browning, functioning
smoothly, accurately, and without stops or jams.

The Fifty-second is only a small leaf on the cactus but
it has a tremendous number of stickers. Again like the
Browning, its fire power is large. ^

And if the big inspeOtion ever comes, the Fifty-second
will be found smooth and free from burrs.

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COMPANY "A," 52nd MACHINE GUN BATTALION

1st Lieut. Charles E. Sweet 2nd Lieut. Yvo R. Grant 2nd Lieut. Clarence J. Pearson

1st Sergeant Leo J. Bartulewicz Supply Sergeant William I. HoUoway

Sergeants
James Aloysius Berry
Armand J. Chaiffre
Norbert Riplinger
George A. Viertel

Corporab
Henry Bringmann
Clarence Tucker
Samuel Harris
William J. McFalls
Martin Passolt
Charles C. Piechowiak

Cook
Henry W. Wilson

Privates
Edgar .\rmour
Vurner J. Brumbelow

Cari K. BuUard
Thomas F. Broadhead
James M. Brown
George Berman
Ivan M. Bates
Jesse Baker
Charles Beerbohm
Robert W. Booth
Einar Bemsten
Clarence W. Bowman
George W. Chester
Thomas B. Carlton
Leamon J. Council
Clarence E. Campbell
James D. Chapman
Ora H. Crabill
George Dupree
Solomon D. Dickeson
Clarence L. Einertson
Loyd Echols

Paul W. Ferguson
John W. Fletcher
Joseph Friedman
Bert E. Fleming
Tom E. Fife
Floyd G. Fralic
Archie M. Garrett
Elbony E. Green
Tillman A. Gannaway
Christopher Gilbert
Jones V. Graves
Melvin K. Hanson
Loyd G. Hargis
Robert J. Hanson
John T. Hitt
Paul T. Hann
Lorain G. Huffman
John E. Hoellerich
Fleetwood A. Hynes
William A. Hunt

Bert L. HoUingsworth
Clarence R. Harmsworth
Marvin D. Jones
Peter T. Kabat
Emil G. Kersten
Clifford W. Lantz
Marcy Lubawy
Clarence Lawes
James R. Lamb
Charles F. McKinnis
Walter S. McCombs
Robert J. MacDermant
Howard G. Mack
William P. Moore
OUie N. Means
Dewey S. Miller
Bumie Mincks
George H. Maske
Virginio A. Malattia
Cecil Norton

Arthur M. Oubre
Ollie E. Pierce
James H. Price
James A. Powell
James Roach
Frank M. Rivers
Ludwig Reiss
Charhe Roberson
Harold K. Sylvester
Rufus H. Shattuck
Walter Simmons
William H. Strickland
Frank Stoneburg
Cari G. Wunderiy
Wm. H. White
Harmon F. WoUeson
George E. Wires
William R. ZanelU

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COMPANY ■B,' o2nd MACmXE GUX BATTALION

Captain James G. B. Farris
2nd Lieut. Charles F. Paraday 2nd Lieut. John D. Means

Sergeants

Privates

Geo. W. Burdette

Ray .^dams

Wilbur R. Current

Ray Adkins

Geo. P. Elkas

Richard L. Baker

Max Le\-y

Harvey C. Banthin

Everett Maddy

Guile j. Baty

Clarence A. Pettis

Carl D. Baxter

John G. Moore

Fred 0. Beall

Corporals

John R. Bennitt

Frank Dede

Eli 0. Boyer

Raj-mond A. German

Ellis R. Brown

Wm. F. McMillen

James P. Burk

Ramey Morasky

Claire L. Bush

Si vert C. Sivertson

Frank Calkins

Ravmond L. Smith

Daniel B. Cavenar

John C. ToeUner

Willis F. Chandler

Cook

Joseph D. Craig

Willie Crossley

Leo B. Colley

Harry Dorfman

Curtiss C. Dotson
Raymond H. Dyer
Wm. C. Enderud
Hugh J. Fincher
Morris Gallups
Neil Gilchrist
Oscar A. Gjellum
Bennett F. Gordon
John A. Gorey
Lewis B. Green
John GrjTier
Charles I. Hadsall
Wm. E. Hammel
Han Hanson
Lucius L. Harris
Clarence J. Haskins
Arthur Haubrich
Jos. E. Hickey
Joe Hinton
Francis H. Hobgood

Duaine S. Holmquist
Herbert H. Hosea
Clarence R. Hugi
James M. Inks
Walter W. Jacobi
Theodore O. Jasper
Clarence R. Keck
Thos. E. Keiser
John Kelly
Ix)uis Krapf
WiUie O. Lackey
Chas. H. LaKamp
Wm. Lastovka
Henr>' W. Libsack
Richard O. Light
Henry A. Marose
Judson L. Martin
Herbert P. Maxwell
Lester J. McGuire

Ervie V. Merritt
Geo. H. Newsome
Clarence F. Norton
Jake G. Pantle
Wm. W. Pa>-ne
Chas. J. Randolph
Claud S. Richman
Jack Riddle
Thomas A. Seay
Victor B. Shirk
Ferdinand Springer
John O. Steele
Charles Dubra Stinson
Herman G. Swearinger
Avery E. Teachout
John B. Warren
Herbert Weichman
Newton J. Wilson
Morris Wolowitz

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His First Fit — And — After a^Little Swapping

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BRIGADIER-GENERAL BRIGGS

BRIGADIER-GENERAL RAYMOND W. BRIGGS
came from the Western Front to take command of
the Eighteenth Field Artillery Brigade; but that is
only a part of his story, for it has been his exceptional
fortune to see service three different times in as many
different capacities during the period of the war.

In the summer of 1914, having concluded a tour of duty
in the Far East, he was returning to the United States by
way of Siberia. He was proceeding
leisurely, visiting Russo-Japanese
battlefields as he progressed west-
ward. Eventually he expected to
get into Germany in time to watch
the annual war manoeuvers.

What he did see, however, was the
German war machine in action in
earnest. News of the beginning of
the conflict reached him in a small
town in Russia. All previous plans
for the study of past and simulated
battles were dismissed. He hurried
on to see a real war and arrived in
France shortly after the first great
German rush had been halted at the
Marne.

He saw some fighting on the
French front, and finally his observa
tions took him to Antwerp. There
he saw his first heavy fighting of the
war. He was the only American
oflicer present at the siege of Ant-
werp, and through the courtesy of
the Belgian military oflScials he was
given unusual opportunities to wt-
ness the actions that took place
around the beleaguered city. When he returned to the
United States he brought to the War Department the
first authentic report of the existence of the famous
42-centimetre gun.

His second appearance in the war zone was with General
Pershing and the first American Expeditionary Force.
He accompanied the expedition as chief of the Remount
Service.

"I would have preferred duty in the line," he said, "but
I would have scrubbed floors gladly for the privilege of
going."

He returned to the United States at the close of 1917,
but in the interim he had seen action on many fronts —
at Ypres, Verdun and at Cambrai, scene of the initially
successful but eventually unsuccessful British offensive.

RAYMOND W. BRIGGS,
Commanding 18th F. A. Brigade

All this time, however, he had been wishing for duty in
the line, for as chief of the Remount Service he was only
able to obser\'e the fighting, and then only when his duties
and the occasion permitted. The wish finally materialized
in his transfer to the United States for assignment to the
311th Field Artillery, 79th Division, at Camp Meade. He
was transferred in April, 1918, to the 304th Field Artillery,
77th Division, at Camp Upton.

He went to war a third time, and
this time got into it as completely as
he had wished. His regiment, the
304th, was the first National Army
field artUlery regiment to land in
France. After the usual period at
a training centre, General, then
Colonel Briggs took his batteries to
the Alsace sector, and thence to
Chateau Thierry, where the fighting
qualities of the American soldier
were forever established.

Colonel Briggs was working on an
order, preparatory to the crossing of
the Vesle when a telephone call from
headquarters notified him of his pro-
motion to brigadier-general. This
removed him from command of the
304th Field Artillery and sent him,
in company with other general ofli-
cers, to watch the operations that
effectually flattened out the St. Mihiel
salient, a danger point for Allied arms
since the first days of the war.

General Briggs came back to the
United States, fully expecting to score
his fourth trip to the war during the
winter, .\lthough the Germans were retreating steadily,
Allied commanders did not believe that the Prussian ma-
chine was going to pieces, and they fully expected another
summer of fighting. Such was the assumption upon
which American headquarters was working, and the Cactus
Division was to be one of the first organizations to arrive
in France for training preparatory to the beginning of the
big drive in the spring. As it happened, however. General
Briggs took command of the Eighteenth Field Artillery
Brigade two weeks before the armistice was signed.

General Briggs entered the army during the Spanish-
American war. He was originally commissioned in the
cavalry and was graduated from the Mounted Service
School. He is greatly interested in athletics, particularly
football, and in flying. He has driven his own plane.

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FIFTY- SECOND FIELD ARTILLERY

They'll Never Forget. Their Cavalry Days

AND so after all it was true. The orders had just
been received from the Adjutant General of the
Army directing that the 303rd Cavalry Regiment
be divided into two parts, each of which was to form the
nucleus of a regiment of field artillery. As Col. S. McP.
Rutherford read the letter to the assembled officers at
Camp Stanley, Texas, August 14, 1918, a flood of ques-
tions and doubt rushed into the mind of each officer and
an intense silence filled the room.

It was indeed an occasion for doubt and wonder.
Could a regiment of cavalry, trained and drilled as such
for over six months, be taught to lay aside their traditions,
their love and their pride in the cavalry, and to enter with
the necessary zeal and singleness of purpose into another
indefinite period of training in another branch of the ser-
^^ce? Could officers who had never heard the crash of a
three-inch field piece hope to become instructors in artil-
lery in the short space of time intervening between that
time and the time when they must commence the intensive
training laid down by the Chief of Field Artillery?

They doubted that it could be done. The outlook was
not alluring. They would have to learn the principles of
field artillery before they could teach them, and this
meant weeks of hard study and practise, but they resolved
that they would do their best, and set about the task of
changing their organizations into artillery with a will.
All surplus cavalry equipment and horses were at once
turned in, and after much discussion and consideration it
was decided how the regiment was to be spht.

On the morning of August 21, 1918, two columns of
cavalry marched out of Camp Stanley, at Leon Springs,
and headed toward Camp Travis, which was to be their
new station. One of these columns was the nucleus of the
Fifty-second Field Artillery. At its head rode Col. S.
]McP. Rutherford, accompanied by Major Lewis G. Wal-
lace, Captain Joe M. Daniel, adjutant; Chaplain W. C.
Moffett, and Lieut. C. P. Bigger, personnel adjutant.
They were followed by Troops A, B, C, D, E, and F, one-
half of the Headquarters Troop and one-half of the Supply
Company, totalling about 650 enhsted men and 30 officers.
Although officially they were a regiment of artillery, at
heart and in appearance they were still cavalry, for they
still wore yellow hat cords, and they sang
and whistled cavalry tunes as they trotted
along in troop formation toward Camp
Travis. Early in the afternoon they
reached their new quarters in Camp Travis,
and by night were beginning to feel as
though they belonged here.

It was about ten days later that the
yellow hat cords were changed for red, and
not imtil the middle of September did the
first of the artillery material commence to
arrive. Meanwhile each man had been

trying to familiarize himself with the artillery terms that
applied to the organization and drills, but as late as the
first of October some of the older cavalrymen still un-
consciously referred to batteries as troops and to bat-
talions as squadrons.

Upon receipt of the first artillery material, the regiment
commenced its period of intensive training. It was most
difficult for the first few weeks, for the instruction was
hampered by lack of necessary equipment and qualified
artillery instructors. These conditions were not to last
long, however, for shortly after the middle of September
a number of field artillery officers were assigned to the
regiment from Camp Zachary Taylor, and a few days
later Lieut.-Col. Clyde McConkey reported for duty.
From then on artillery officers were constantly being as-
signed to the regiment, including many who had just re-
turned from overseas, and the training was given a new
impetus.

Many of the former cavalry officers had already been
ordered to attend the School of Fire at Ft. Sill, and the
first of October Colonel Rutherford, Major Wallace, and
Captain Daniel left for Ft. Sill to take the course in artil-
lery firing. This left Lieut.-Col. McConkey in com-
mand of the regiment.

It was early seen that in order to increase the morale of
the regiment and give it that spirit which is essential to an
artillery regiment special steps must be taken to eradicate
all remaining influences of former cavalry days, and
to replace them by artillery songs, stories, and traditions.
The men were taught to learn and to hke the rollicking
songs of the artillery; regimental yells were taught; a
regimental seal was selected and regimental stationery
distributed. An entertainment unit and a jazz orchestra
were formed under the direction of Corporal Noble, of the
Headquarters Company. A foot-ball team was rounded
into shape by Lieutenant Cogbill, and has had its goal line
crossed only once in the six games it has played.

In social activities this regiment has again proven itself
the leader, for the parties given by the officers of the
Fifty-second Field Artillery will always stand out as the
chief social attractions in San Antonio during the winter
of 1918-1919. There was the Hallowe'en party held in
the K. of C.Hall — the first large social event
of the season, and Thanksgiving evening the
first formal dance held in San Antonio since
the beginning of the war was given by the
officers of this regiment at the St. Anthony.
We are proud of our regiment, and justly
so, we think. We have accompUshed what
at first seemed impossible — made artillery-
men out of cavalrymen and have taught
them to love their regiment and their
branch of the service. We have been
tested and have passed the test.

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COLONEL McP. RUTHERFORD AND STAFF, 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY

Front row, left to right
Colonel Samuel McP. Rutherford Lieut. Colonel Clyde McConkey

Captain Joe M. Daniel Chaplain William C. Moffett

Second row
2nd Lieut. John J. O'Reilly 1st Lieut. Bispham Emerson

2nd Lieut. Jessie A. Turner

Major Lewis G. Wallace

1st Lieut. George I. Badeaux, M. C.

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 62nd FIELD ARTILLERY
Captain Joe M. Daniel

1st Lieut. Murray W. Craig
1st Lieut. Tom G. Estes
2nd Lieut. John J. O'Reilly
2nd Lieut. Jesse A. Turner
2nd Lieut. Homer M. Cooper

2nd Lieut. George L. Hawkinson
Regimental Sargeant Major Lloyd D. Bower
Regimental Sergeant Major Frank A. Brown
1st Sergeant Walter Adkins
Color Sergeant Fred Halliday

Color Sergeant Daniel M. Shannon
Supply Sergeant Mark J. Gregory
Mess Sergeant Edward H. Ferguson
Stable Sergeant Aimer F. Moore

Sergeants

Benjamin F. Pool
Thomas W. Nelms
Gustav E. Johnson
George W. Frels
Harold C. Van Hise

Corporals

Thomas E. Griffith
Calvin N. Noble
Oscar L. Ely
Frank Muhic
Thomas W. Reilly

Cooks

William Blarney
Orin W. Stone

Horseshoers

John C. Bailey
Willie E. Kinard

Saddler

John Stovall

Privates — First Class

Ruben .\brams
Walter V. Briney
.Arthur J. Helmer
Edgar O. Hiller
George M. Messer
Henry A PoUitz
Felix B. Probandt
Ralph B. Scott
Albert Sills
Erwin C. Techmer

Privates

Sam Barahtaris
Guiseppe Cacase
Lawrence H. Knighton
Frank Mikutis
Harold R. Sherman
Archie Slutzker

Carrol E. Teeter
Robert N. Westmoreland
Charles R. Wilson

Band Section
Sergeant Bugler
Ely S. Avery

Band Sergeants

Richard F. O'Reilly
Kittrell G. Durst

Band Corporals

Otto H. Anderson
Glen H. Nothstein
Sidney J. Kring
Mark H. Lindeman

Musicians — First Class

Poe Clark
Percy W. Jenkins

Musicians — Second Class

Don Cude
Henry J. Havlik
William Streitberger
Frank Stomber
Fred N. Swedenberg
John A. White
Leonard H. Young

Musicians — ^Third Class

Tarrance V. Lipps
George B. Pasek

Ordnance Detachment
Privates

John Bradford
Richard F. Davey

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SUPPLY COMPANY, 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY

Ist Lieut. Bispham H. Emerson, Commanding
Firpt Sergeant Stable Sergeant

Frank L Dickson Hal A. Ewing

2nd Lieut. Aaron B. Griffing

2nd Lie\it. George P. Griffith

Regt. Supply Sergts.

Harold W. Biddle
Benjamin Wilcox

Supply Sergeant
Benjamin Sturm

Corporal
Tami Dutchak

Horseshoers

Irwin W. Oliver
Joseph Taucher

Saddler
William Dow

Cooks

Charles C. Dyer
Rudrick A. Hanson
Joseph E. Faulkner

Wagoners
Martin Andersen

James A. Avers
Edward A. Baiel
Michael Beldest
Theodore A. Berg
Charles Bohen
John Burnam
John L. S. Blocker
Oscar L. Daniel
Benjamin F. Douglas
Nicholas Fitzgerald
Carlos H. Johns

Hprry F. W. Keuch
Grant Kricder
James U. LaMaster
Fred Manthe
Samuel E. Stacks
John Seme
Charles B. Sandquist
Pius Stauffer
George Whitmore
Yoncie A. Wiley
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BATTERY "A," 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain Claude M. Howard

1st Lieut. Oscar T. LeBeau 1st Lieut. Frank V. Farr 2nd Lieut. Edward W. Treen 2nd Lieut. Fiederick G. Crane, Jr.

2nd Lieut. Harold O Hoppe 1st Sergeant Buell L. Boles Supply Sergeant Joseph C Patton

Stable Sergeant Charles J. Roche Mess Sergeant Emil A. Prust

Sergeants

James A. Thome
John A. RaU
Paul Majka
William A. Pohlman
Robert E. Cooney
John V. Jones
Alvah W. Oliver
Byron Harrison
Charles L. Werry
WilyO Zachry

Corporals

Homer Johnson
William E. Collier
Russell H. Cronoble
Carl A Wise
Ben H. Beaty
Ernest J. Bowman
Charles N. Minor
Robert Gunther
Earl Mathis

Mechanics

Reverdy R. Wilmot
Horrace F. Fry
Carl T. Frick?

Horseshoers
George W. Blaine
W=lliam D. O'Connor
Carl O. Swedberg

Saddler
William S. Thomas

Cooks
Chin S. Tong
James R. Nelson
Harry E. Parshall

Buglers
Thomas O Naron
Berardino DeMatteo
John J Filkowski

Privates — First Class
John Fendrych
Frank Langley
Kanstanty Schumel
Smoin Taweel
Sterling T. WaLace
Noah W. Simpson
Roy L. Stevens
William C. Acton
Leonard E. Barkley
William H. Biker
Patrick F. Boyle

Thomas Blamey
Hulan F. Butler
Alfred E. Bird
John F. Banta
Albert R. Buntin, Jr.
Julian E. Baker
Leon W. Brooks
Paul Campana
A. Dee Carroll
Harrison M. Cline
Arthur H. Dinkelman
Clarence E. Durham
Wilh'am N. Davis
.Silas C. England
Horace Evans
Bernhard Freund
Lloyd E. Frankson
Murty L. Fahy
Edward D. Greithouse
Castulo Gonzales
Arthur L. Groves
Bert L. Gumm
Elchard Herring
Arthur C Hampton
Leonard D. Haney
Edward J. Harmon
Marshall Jackson
Robert L, Lakey
Charlie J. Lowke
Patrick Lark

John Lorber
George F. Lee
Joseph Lewinski
William C. Manley
Barrett S. Mace
Jesse W. McGuire
Isaac N. McMennamy
Hugh J. Martin. Jr.
Edward L. Murphy
Thomas M. Murphy
Raymond J. McNulty
Robert W. McLemore
James C. Nance
Percival D. Paiscns
Edward Raymond
John F. Russell
Thomas W. Scott
Jasper J. Sexton
Jessp Sykes
Duncan R. Sanders
Orval A. Todd
Orton Townsend
Walter A. Tipton
Tony Vinardi
Ned O. Wallace
John D. Watson
Saul Williams
Arthur M. Weis.s
Elmer Young

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BATTERY "B," 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain William H. Burns

1st Lieut. Charles N. Hobson

1st Lieut. Robert M. Cathcart
1st Lieut. Eugene C. Crowl
2nd Lieut. Alden F. Brodt

2nd Lieut. George E. Benson
2nd Lieut. Den^el T. Sheppard
1st Sergeant Joseph O. Gruber

Mess Sergeant Frank Brunchwiler
Supply Sergeant Garland E. Gradv
Stable Sergeant George W. Wallace

Sergeants
Jasper E. Bond
James Collins
Otto E. Monow
Henry B. McWhorter
Warren A. Norman
Whit O. Russell
Grover D. Rainbolf
Dee O. Sewell
Benjamin A. Terrill
Frank A. ThoU

Corporals
Edward S. Clayton
William E. Doss
Burtis R. Edson
George F. Ellis
Bradley F. George
Dock Humphers
WilUe W. Milmer
Edward S. Reid
Lem Williams

Chief Mechanic
Charles B. Holmes

Mechanic
George H. Wischhusen

Cooks
Bart G. Farr
Barney Rizzo

Jacob G. Shor
Jamie C. Smith

Horseshoers
Mathew G. Buchanan
Mansur S. DeWitt
Joseph Stachursk!

Saddler
Rowan Green

Buglers
James A. Byms
William J. Connelly
Paul H. Yovino

Privates — First Class
Felix C. Barnes
Lois F. Bonner
James A. Boyle
David Browne
James E. Crane
Willie R. Hayman
Albert W. Hunt
Bert R. Jacobson
Roman Kabat
Frank E. Krolak
Harry H. Marion
Virl L. McGinnis
Michael J. Mongan
Austin C. Murray
Edward Nolan

Hermon Owens
Fred Picture
Stephen A. Prayannis
Carlton S Priestley
Floyd L. Rosencrants
Vincent W. Skibinski
Anthony St>ibenvall
Ura J. Tribbey
Walter Trojanoski
Nick Van Deraa
John P. Wachowiak
Henry C. Waldschmidt
General L. Williams
Edward W. Younger

Privates
Burtis Adkins
Joel L. Baugh
Bob T Bethune
Michael Bulawski
Castas Caras
Michael J. Carney
John H. Clark
Charles A. Criswell
Thomas Curran
Thaddeus C. Duncan
Harry M. Evenden
Jim H. Glover
Joseph Grzesiak
John Henry
Claude L. Hendrick
Robert H. Holmes

James O. Hopson
Charles Knibb
Kazimier Konieczka
Dallas G. Lankford
Arthur J Lee
Horace H. Lee
Robert E. Long
Ralph W. Markgraf
James P. McCagbren
Comelious C. Mitchell
David C. Newman
William Padgett
Henry J. Reynolds
Fredrick Rudis
Henry F. Scherwat
WUliam T. Schueck
Lan Smith
Tommie C. Smith
Jasper N. Smithee
Jerry Sebranek
Joel M. Tate
Hazard G. Ufford
Edward Verhelst
Chester C. Vawter
Robert B. Wade
Carl Westergreen
John M. WiU

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BATTERY "C," 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Andrew A. Manning
1st Lieut. David H. Stark
2nd Lieut. W. L. Taylor
2nd Lieut. Lofton V. Maddox

2nd Lieut. Barton Griffith
2nd Lieut. R. E. Renstrom
2nd Lieut. Talmadge Baker

1st Sergeant Charles L. Wood
Mess Sergeant William .\. Conrad
Supply Sergeant Benjamin J. Heiman
Stable Sergeant Joseph Strassl

Sergeants
Peter S. Gust
Walter J. Sachsel
Earl H. Jones
Meredith Wood
Jesse L. Garner
Lester E. Leffler
Maxey L. Gatewood
WiUiam R. White
William H. Harkins
Ernest Daugherty

Corporals
Frank A. Schwerdt
Emil A. Hoelscher
Robert C. Henry
Ernest WeUbom
Paul F. Sullivan
John V. Nipp
Herman Brown
John B. Elkins
Harris L. Stephens
Quincy C. Davis
Henry B. Hughes

Richard J. Hosea
William W. Kyle
John W. Moss
Clinton E. Vancil
Colbert Wilkerson

Chief Mechanic
Thomas I. King

Cooks
Hermenegildo Carrillo
Harry Hensley
.\ndrevv Glon
James H. E. Shain

Horseshoe rs
Frank Bennett
Ysmael Hernandez

Saddler
Albert E. Zunked

Mechanic
John H. Goebel

Bugler — First Class
Oscar J. Shaw

Privates — First Class
James Collins
Gardner L. Croy
Orie G. FuUingim
Boles L. Gajewski
Warren B. Hardy
Edwin C. Krizan
Harry L. Miller
Jesse Patton
Roy F. Ray
Elbert M. Roberts
Cleveland Tippey
William N. Wilbanks

Privates
Herman W. .\bel
Wiley J. .Andrews
Richard X. Barkley
James Bisignoli
Charles R. Blakeley
George J. Bliss

John Bozek
Demon D. Breeland
Ira R. Brj-an
William M. Br\-son
Ewell M. Bulla'rd
Frank J. Burke
Higinio Cardenas
Ova B. Clawson
John B. Clonan
Michael F. Daley
Luther Deborde
Lawrence F. Demato
John W. Franklin
Wilmoth C. Harmon
Charles W. Henderson
Jesse L. Hyten
Magee Jamail
Michael Kemo
William M. Ketcham
Willis A. Hill
Roland Layton
William H. McBride
.Altage O. McElhannon
Paul Mariott

Jeo Matthews
George O'Reilly
August H. Osterman
Mack Overton
Charles J. Parmese
Robert C. Payne
William M. Purdie
Joseph Radzevicz
Russell J. Reed
Walter Reeves
Leslie B. Robinson
John Rolinc
Umberto Savoia
William C. Shiffer
Walter Simmons
Walter Simmons
Walter E. Spitzner
Harvey H. Sportsman
Jess F. Stunson
Hjalmer Swanson
Marcello Tonso
Fred Tucker
Thomas Turner
Lonnie Wiese

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Lieut. Wm. L. Covington

1st Lieut. Maurice K. Cummings

Supply Sergeant Joseph S. Herrington

Sergeants

Harry Moskowitz
Charles Lauritzen
George D. Sparks
Albert E. Chauvet
Frederick Ford
Jack B. HaU
Emmitt L. Holmes
Milan T. Mitrovitch
Paul Schmidt
Lee Vann

Corporals
John T. Boone
Andrew B. Carothers
Henry H. French
Edward S. Herington
Roy J. Hanson
Ralph G. Isenhower
Thomas C. Jennings
Albert Kruckemer
Herbert Locke
Earl S. Mills
Joseph Podwin
Delino Roudebush
Downing Young

Cooks
James T. Hudson
Enrod A. Palm
C. Thomas Riley

1st Lieut. Marcus A. Cogbill
2nd Lieut. .\mos P. Quinn

Mess Sergeant Theodore B. Alexopulos

2nd Lieut. William T. Cook
1st Sergeant Jess Nelms

Horseshoer
Henry S. Thrasher

Saddler
Richard W. Arnold

Mechanic
Ernest L. Evans

Bugler
Frank Muhie

Privates — First Class

Johnie E. Baccus
James Best
Louis Covelli
John Dera
James T. Ferguson
Samuel Fript
Andrew L. Hamilton
Clyde M. Hern
William E. Loebe
Freeman R. Nelson
Philip Nussbaum
Henry J. Oliver
Ernest L. Radmacher
Arthur L. Reece
Carl Roos
Earl E. Rudder
George Sawin
Walter W. Smolinski
Tuskey L. Walker

Privates
Albert Armstrong
Frank Banasiak
William E. Bowman
Ralph E. Cavalieri
Frank H. Devitt
John L. Douglas
George W. Dubie
Ward L. Duvall
John P. Gardella
Charles E. Gentesse
Nicholas J. Goetz
Thomas M. Hamilton
William A. Henderson
John Jazgar
John Krasinski
Clarence M. Leister
George M. Frye
Frank Loncor
Tony W. Lochinger
Floyd W. Maddux
Louis Miller
Dominick J. Morley
John K. Myrick
James W. Neaves
Otto H. A. Neuber
Otto P. Pool
Earl E. Pratt
Joseph O. Rees
Guy L. Richardson

Stable Sergeant Louis Golka

Guy H. Ricketts
Richard H. Riedel
Benito Rodriguez
Theodore H. Roegge
John Rolando
Edward Russell
David D. Sayers
Huston W. Seale
Joseph C. Seets
James H. Serff
Louis S. SetliEE
Fay D. Sheek
Jesse J. Shields
WiUiam G. Smith
WiUiam L. Smith
Albert Spencer
John H. Stephens
Guy H. Stevenson
Reed Sumptor
Arthur D. Switzer
Sam Tanksley
James R. Thornton
Levi B. Tikubbi
P. VoUbrecht
Grover C. Walker
WilUam T. Warr
William Wede
Knut A. R. Wieslander
Lonie Wilkinson
Sara Wood
George Wright

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Captain Clinton M. Lucas

1st Lieut. George P. Shutt
1st Lieut. William S. Cumming

2nd Lieut. Homer M. Cooper
2nd Lieut. William F. Catlin

2nd Lieut. Sultan G. Cohen
2nd Lieut. Clark E. William

2nd Lieut. Graydon E. KHpple
1st Sergeant Chester D. Moore

Supply Sergeant William M. O'Malley Stable Sergeant Glenn W. Morgensen Mess Sergeant Robert W. Stephenson

Sergeants

Raymond P. Atkins
Ned Brown
Edward H. Coyne
Charles W. Caldwell
Thomas Jones
Peter W. Johnson
Charlie A. Johnson
Edmond B. Lockett
Joseph Mastracche
Fred W. Simmons
Oliver H. Talhnan
Levi B. Hoskins
Edmund C. Kelley

Corporals

Elmer J. Fanton
William E. Greer
John J. Hughes
James E. McMillin
Ulysses G. McGually
Robert P. Merrell
Odus B. Russell
Jeff Scott ^

Mechanics

Leonard L. Kirk
Walter J. Zenkner

Cooks

Ned Crane
Frank Malina

Saddler
George L. Taylor

Horseshoers

Allen Biby
James F. Cox
James H. Key

Privates — First Cla.ss

James T. Bailey, Jr.
Oscar R. Cook
Ray W. Doctor
John O. Farris
John T. Goben
Benjamin A. Galindo
Clifford G. Hogan
James H. Gault
King W. Montgomery
Frank Picha
William C. Parker
Alva B. Port wood
Frank M. Ravenscroft
Robert L. Shields
Clarence H. Warren
Andrew M. Wilkinson

Privates

Louis .\matucci
Frank A. Bates
Ezio Bachini
Thomas I. Brand
Guiseppe Bouscio
Charles O. Butler
Justo J. Buitron
Newman A. Canty
George Corby
John T. Corley
Martin Cufal
William D. Corder
Russell U. Davis
Alfred D. Dunn
James H. Dennis
Samuel W. Deskin
Joseph T. Damico
Thomas Dornan
Enrico Di Pasqua
Salvator M. Eulo
William M. Haefer
Lewis E. Hughes
Varmer Herber
Fritz H. Hartmann
Jesse J. Jenkins
Frank Irby
Albert L. Kelley
Robert P. Kane
Joseph Li Pari, Jr.
Rudolph A. Lindgren

Oscar R. Lundgren
Angelo Lemmo
Edgar D. Main
William E. Machen
Charlie Macak
Henry B. Norman
Daniel B. Nixon
Sidner L. Orwig
Frank Ott
Charles O'NeiU
Nealy O. Perry
Albert C. Peterson
John C. Pearson
Jesse B. Pollitt
Gust A. Prim
Wesley W. Pirtle
Guy Plummer
Walter L. Reeder
Jack Reeves
Rufus B. Saine
William F. Stanton
Clarence W. Sanders
Jesse J. Stephenson
Albert Schneider
Frank Shelto
Noah E. Tucker
John D. Thornton
Martin E. Walsh
Richard Weideman
Raymond J. Young
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1st Lieut. Herbert E. Featherstone
1st Lieut. S. R. Cunningham
1st Lieut. Frank V. Farr

BATTERY "F," 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY

2nd Lieut. Asa B. Conklin
2nd Lieut. Henry W. Griffith
1st Sergeant John R. Lutz

Mess Sergeant Alex. Q. Reeves
Supply Sergeant Eric E. Brown
Stable Sergeant Joseph L. Miller

Sergeants

Lee W. Brown
Frank J. Chmelik
John M. Farmer
Gilbert J. Glasgow
James A. Greaves
James R. Hanson
James G. Kyser
James A. McAuley
Norman M. Saunders
Albert L. Seat
John Woelfle

Corporals

Harry H. Browning
Oliver H. Hamlin
Benj. H. Mallady
John McKee
Domenick Propati
Louis P. Smith
Fred S. Stillwell
Claude L. Woodliff
Albert Mathis
Edgar D. Markham
Percy S. King

Battery Clerk
Tully Neill, Corporal

Cooks
Russell A. Bolton
Apostle Manes
Carl A. Self
Hardy A. Stanford
J. E. Woolbright

Horseshoers
John F. Jarvis
Thure J. A. Carlson
Ed. Martin

Saddler
John D. Scroggins

Mechanics
Paul H. McFeeters
James H. Winton

Privates — First Class
Louis Apolon
Manuel V. DeCosta
Harry H. Dickerson
Gustav A. Erickson
Dexter A. Jung
John Lack
Frank Marianetti
Lewis H. McClure
Alvin Roy Robison
William G. Galbraith

Henry Krause
Clyde M. Lane
Howard Mills Lemon
Fred C. Nottelmann
William Radloflf
Leo J. Woods

Buglers
Frank J. Borowski
Julius Lavine

Privates
Henry P. Bergmann
James M. Blaylock
Earl M. Brame
Angelo Capaldo
Marcos Crialdo
William B. Gutschow
Melvin A. Harris
Edward Henke
Grady W. Heer
Mikail Kalabokis
Hugh T. Kelly
Harry C. Kight
Albert Kolberg
Johnnie W. Lancaster
Henry Matranga
James J. McCann
Elton R. McColm
Hubert McGinnis
Frank G. Neely

E. M. Nelson
William A. Okhefskie
James R. Owens
Willie S. Payne
John A. Pfeifer
Stanislaw Plocharski
Oscar E. Reynaud
Clair S. Rike
Charles M. Roberts
WiUiam C. Schuldt
Ernest W. Sherrill
Joseph F. Slawinski
Harvey L. Shull
Walter Smith
Walter S. Starkes
George 0. Stoner
John Svetkoff
Frederick Thomsen
Frank Uptmor
Kaisner Urbanski
Carl Wagner
Elam P. Wallace
Fred M. Ward
Will V. Webb
Forrest R. Whited
Robert H. Williams
Dick R. Wilson
Rufus Woods
Garlin Wyrick
Adam Zalensky
Chas. F. Zimmermann

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY
1st Lieut. Georee I. Badeaus 1st Lieut Charles W. McLain

Sergeants
Paul D. Blanlienship
Clyde L Davi'i
James H. Finnigan

Privates — First Class
Anton Klein

Albert Langlois
George H. Lebouef
Carl F. Reinecke

Privates
Abraham DePagter
John L. Finnigan

Jewell Furimian
Roy S. Gibson
Lewis E. Golsan
Elmer R. Heagle
John T. Kahle
Peter A. Kapolos
Frank H. J. Koester

William B. McCartney
William A Meyer, Jr.
Benjamin J. Schmidt
Henry Swanson
John M. Utterback

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Ready on the Right!

SUPPLY COMPANY, 86th INFANTRY
Continued from page 136

Privates- — Continued
Charles E. Anderson
Duane M. Andrews
Antonio Angeloni
Theodore Balansuela
Frank F. Bently
Roy J. Block
Jack Brown
OlUe J. Chandler
Henry P. Chelette
William R. Causey
Windburn C. Cupell
Roy J. Daniels
Bert Davis
Earl C. Davis
Felice DeVita
Alvin T. Dincans
Tom H. Dossey

Jules Duhon
Robert F. Duna\-ant
Fritz Eachen
Fred W. Ebel
Ed. J. Fechner
Earl Freeman
Clarence W. Freeman
William Gamage
James F. Gill
Pinkney Guthrie
Grady E. Harrison
Laurits Harton
WilUam F. Holland
Charles R. Hurst
Walter F. Ising
George H. Jamison
Helmar Jensen
Roy Jones

Miles A. Johns

Walter V. Keating, Ord. Pvt.

Alexander M. Lambesis

Herbert B. Lynsky

Kearby E. McKinley

Leon Miller

Alfred A. Montag

William C. Musser

William M. Neader

Leo Nitti, Ord. Pvt.

Bert Olson

Jose Onteveres

Farm O'Neal

Fritz C. Otterbach

Walter F. Patridge

Willie H. Perkins

Victor Pitts

Lisbon A. Phillips

Santos Sanchez
Paul O. E. Schoenst
Jesse J. Simpson
Thomas E. Shackelford
James G. Shea, Ord. Pvt.
Rocco Shoemaker
John L. Smith
Trueman Sneed
Jim F. Sorrell
Arthur Steyeart
Peter Syrakes
John L. Thompson
George Uncel
John Vaytillo
Ralph P. Wallace
Roy E. Washburn
Willie D. Witherspoon
John L. Whitney

SUPPLY COMPANY, 52nd FIELD ARTILLERY
Continued from page 163

Wagoners — Continued
Augusta Wingfield
Dewey Lovejoy

Privates — First Class
George Carkvolos

Edwaid A. Dickey
Harry Lesser
John W. Martin
George Quanstrom
Thomas Shannon
Felix Karczewfki

James J. Whalen
Glenn C. Sutherland

Privates
.■\lbert I. Robinson
Ralph E York

Ordnance Detachment
Ord. Coiporal Elmer S. .Allison

Privates
.■\ndrew Cullen

Louis Fuganti
Peter Gaul
Ernest Hein
William Nadolny
Charles H. Marsden
Raymond S. Mahlv

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FIFTY-THIRD FIELD ARTILLERY

They Were Track Champions as JVell as Soldiers

IN the winter of 1917-18 from overseas came a cry for
cavalry — cavalry which was to take up its part in the
great conflict when the war of position was over and
the enemy forced into the open. The 303rd Cavalry was
one of fifteen regiments of National Army Cavalry which
were ordered formed in January, 1918. The regiment

began to take form about
February 1st, when offi-
cers began to report.
Lieut. -Col. C. S. Haight
was the first officer to
report, establishing tem-
porary headquarters at
Fort Sam Houston,Texas.
On February 4th, Col.
Samuel McP. Rutherford
reported and took com-
mand, a week later re-
moving headquarters to
Camp Stanley, Leon
Springs, Texas, in a can-
tonment formerly occu-
pied by the Twentieth Field Artillery.

The early spring will long be remembered by all officers
and the few enlisted men who reported from time to time.
To train officers, a provisional troop was organized and
progressive work carried on until the first increment of
recruits arrived. The 303rd Cavalry Band were among
the first to arrive, coming from Camp Bowie, Fort Worth,
Texas, where they were with the 111th Engineers. The
long hard hours of work through the cold and rainy days
of February and March served to knit the personnel to-
gether and to develop an esprit de corps that will last long
after we leave the army. Saturday, May 4th, will be long
remembered by the first of the recruits. Weather raining;
band playing, and the recruits with barrack bags on their
shoulders, nothing in their stomachs, and their weight in
Camp Stanley mud on their feet, plodded from the train
and were divided among several troops for the night.

Then started the War Department schedule calculated
to make a cavalryman in three months out of raw material.
This schedule was strictly adhered to, except for a few
necessary modifications due to the fact that many of the
horses were as inexperienced as the men. This called for
long hours of horse training in addition to the regular
work.

The hardest days of intensive training passed and every-
one started to enjoy the work. Drills became a pleasure,
for real cavalry work began. The environment of the
bull-ring and of the slow trot gradually was replaced by
the cross-coimtry rides, patrolling, and the other work that
every man who loves the great out of doors enjoys. It
was then that the water supply began to give out, and it
was necessary to go several miles each morning to water,
where drill was carried on during the day, and the return
was made in the evening. Thus a taste of army life in
camp was experienced and in that the men developed the
spirit of self-confidence.

Rumors became rife that all National Army cavalry
regiments were to be converted into field artillery. All
officers who were away at different schools for cavalry
work were called in, and on August 14th, the regiment was
officially dissolved and formed into two regiments of field
artillery, the Fifty-second and Fifty-third, as well as the
Eighteenth Trench Mortar Battery. But though the
303rd Cavalry is no more, the days that were spent in its
short existence will never be forgotten. One thing only

was lacking to make its history complete, and that was the
opportunity to ride into the face of enemy fire and do its
part on the fields of glory.

With the formation of the Fifty-third Field Artillery, a
new period of training began. Under-officered and under-
manned, the different batteries tackled the problems of
mounted drill and the duties of the cannoneer with the
same spirit that had made the 303rd Cavalry a success.
Only five weeks after its formation as an artillery unit, the
Fifty-third Field Artillery passed in its maiden review
before General Estes. This review showed that the cav-
alry training had not been wasted, for the horsemanship
of the regiment was especially commented upon. About
this time a new element entered the regiment, with the
arrival of a number of officers just back from service over-
seas. Their experience with actual fighting conditions
gave an added stimulus to the instruction and the regiment
began to find itself as an organization. On September
27th, Colonel Haight left for Fort Sill and was succeeded
by Major Bonham, formerly of the famous Second Di-
vision, whose Marines his battery had supported at
Belleau Wood and Soissons. Twelve days later Major
Bonham was succeeded by Major Sidney G. Brady of the
equally famous First Division. Major Brady gave to the
regiment its motto "With all one's might."

During these weeks the intensive artillery training con-
tinued, and when Colonel Merril assumed command on
October 26th, the Fifty-third was well on its way to fight-
ing efficiency. Colonel Merril combined other interests
with the prescribed training. A series of dances for the
officers was begun. The various batteries celebrated
Thanksgiving by dinners and entertainments for their San
Antonio friends and the non-commissioned officers gave a
successful dance at the Knights of Columbus Hall. An
interest in athletics was stimulated and a truly remarkable
record achieved. With less than half the number of some
of the infantry regiments, the Fifty-third won the divi-
sional track meet of October 31st without difficulty, and
on December 4th repeated, capturing 43 points out of a
possible 80.

The signing of the armistice, first rumored, then con-
firmed on November 11th ended our high hope for active
service. Yet perhaps nothing in the record of the regi-
ment is more creditable than the manner in which the
work continued. With no slackening of purpose or visible
loss of enthusiasm the men
of the regiment faithfully
followed the training sched-
ule, determined to live up
to their formed reputation.

A review of the history of
the regiment would be in-
complete without a word of
special tribute to the en-
listed personnel. These
men, gathered from all
parts of the country and
from all walks of life, in
six short months, despite
distracting features, became
soldiers in the finest sense

of the word. Soldiers to-day, civilians to-morrow, the
Fifty-third Field Artillery will always remain the symbol
of our service to our country in its hour of trial, and its
memory is one we can cherish as that of a service cheerfully
given and carried forward to ultimate and complete
success.

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COLONEL W. S. WOOD AND STAFF, 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

Left to right

Capt. William K. Russell Col. William S. Wood

Major Edward C. Hanford Major Carlos W. Bonham

Capt. Nerval W. Robinson Lieut. George F. Van Fleet

Lieut. John B. Moore

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

Regimental Sergeant Major C. R. Young
Regimental Sergeant Major Leonard L. Anderson
Battalion Sergeant Major John P. Lowry
Battalion Sergeant Major Jack H. Lerner

Sergeants

Andrew F. Surber
John Bersick
James K. Conner
Clifford T. Easley
Walter L. Geyer
Howard L. Hathaway
Lee V. Richardson

Corporals

Howell J. Crowson
Von Erwin Davis
Owen Wm. Kilday
William Marebdt

William D. Simonton
Doyle F. Specht
Henry H. Wilkinson

Cooks
Joseph Bertzick
Felix L. Gribble
Festus L. House
Le Roy R. Wood

Horseshoer
Frank C. Schulze

Privates — First Class
Israel Abare

Asst. Band Leader Edward Brooks
Sergeant Bugler F. E. Mills
Band Sergeant John W. Albin

1st Sergeant Harry Shaffer
Color Sergeant Harry D. Peary
Color Sergeant John S. Joseph

Stanley Billington
Herbert W. Blair
George Berke
Walter O. Brown
John Caldwell
Drury Chaney
Chas E. Crownover
Andrew P. Danukos
Ivan B. Dodd
David J. Evans
Jonathan C. Farley
Wirt T. Folsom
Harry C. Holland
Otis E. James
Clarence O. Jones

Morris H. Kaliff
Walter W. Looney
Albert Reed
Thomas E. Roberts
Emerson D. Thomas
Guy Thompson
Calvin A. Ursetti

Privates

Orban W. Appleby
Fred H. Bagby
Henry C. Borchers
August F. Brietzke
Lester E. Chance

BAND SECTION
Band Sergeant Raleigh H. Williams
Band Corporal Sterling L. Youngquist
Band Corporal Robert E. Kuykendall

Mess Sergeant William M. M. Koch
Supply Sergeant Roy L. Mount
Stable Sergeant James D. Carney

Musicians — First Class
Jay I. Williams
William B. Herrick
Wilbur L. Brown

Musicians — Second Class
Thomas W. Anderson
Gus C. Edwards
Noah B. Kilpatrick

Gaston Person
Virgil O. Tucker
Musicians — Third Class
Chas. M. Corder

Theodore Dinklage
Byron B. Fields
William J. Fry
Max L. Grout
Claude L. Hill
Ira W. Hipp
John M. Hoffman
John William Hubble
John Oscar Lane
George W. Martin
Lloyd McReynolds
Grady W. Moore
Ellis T. Naifeh
Rex Ridgeway
Neal Robertson

Arthur M. Sears
J. C. Schler
James M. Simms
Steve Skrla
Ehner C. Smith
James B. Taylor
James A. Thornton
Barto H. Uzzell
Sam W. Van Horn
James J. Walsh
Samuel J. Webb
Hugh White
Badger C. Williams
Stanley Winchester
Henry S. Worthy

Corporal Bugler Simon P. Home .
Corporal Bugler Stanley Pirogowicz

Jack B. Hayslip
Herbert C. Lempke
Leonard D. Parrish
Paul J. Real

Gerald P. ScuUy
Roscoe S. Woods
Harry Yates

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1st Lieut. George F. Van Fleet
2d Lieut. Ernest W. Grimball
Mess Sergeant John C. Godfrey

SUPPLY COMPANY, 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut Ralph L. Scott

Regimental Supply Seigeant Thomas G. Hubbard

Stable Sergeant Alfred L. Wilson

2d Lieut Allen D. Cloke
First Sergeant William Kayser
Supply Seigeant Reno Antonuccio

Sergeants
William J. Conway
Edward A. Gallagher

Corporals
Frank E. Cuske
William T. Hutchings
Frank F. Bacon

Cooks
Harry C. Antle
Woog A. Sudduth

Horseshoers
Mat. Hodak

Edward J. McGraw
Richard J. Taaffe

Mechanics
David A. Peterson
Jim. O. Turvan

Saddler
Anton J. Ihle

Wagoners
Will H. Ballard
James Blaha
Howard J. Brigant
William A. Chapman
John E. Dando

Reginald W. Davies
Arthur C. Ford
Lester Kautz
Frank Klunk
Harvey Lagow
John Lamb
Melvin Loftis
Henry G. Payne
George Smith
Jame; M Staton
Farris C. Stewart
Edward Walker
George Watson
Charles M. Whitley
Andrew Yorger
John A. Zerwer

Stanley Zilewicz

Private — Fiist Class
Samuel F. Sebastian

Privates
Juan Anzaldua
Clarence W. Boyce
Henry M. Bums
Budge Chastain
John Harris
Thomas Silas Kelley
Raymond Schoelm
John F. Stasaitis
Joe Szedeli
William Fitzgerald Wagnon

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BATTERY "A," 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Rogers T. Moore
1st Lieut. John B. Jones
1st Lieut. Maylon E. Scott
2nd Lieut. Willard H. Curtis

2nd Lieut. William F. Fisher
2nd Lieut. George N. Isherwood
2nd Lieut. Richard S. Vreeland
2nd Lieut. Harry R. Thompson

First Sergeant Henry L. Umlauf
Mess Sergeant Carl A. Thompson
Supply Sergeant John M. Pickett
Stable Sergeant Adolph Thoraae

Sergeants

Frank A. Case
George S. Jones
Robert W. Seipel
Sib S. Brewer
Fred G. Gay
Clarence H. Harris
Leo Weidenfeller
John H. Stuart, Jr.
Thomas Aguirre
Trinidad San Miguel;
Gilmer R. Mauldin
Elbert O. Ramsey

Corporals

Adams S. Davis
Conroy Wilder
Emory V. Hawcock
Winfield W. Meyer
Albert Elmer
Edwin E. Regnell
Dotie H. Townsend
Milton Kallen
Colvin T. Sexton
Joe J. JoUey
James B. Huff. Jr.

Jr.

Joseph C. Stahl
Harry Meginnis
Carl Hanson
Archie N. Lance
Fred H. Lindquist
Desmond F. Rash
John E. Richbourg
Ernest E. McBride
Jerry R. Stoops
Harry E. Kadrisky
Everett C. Matthews

Chief Mechanic
Martin F. Alexander

Cooks

Edwin E. Quisenberry
Peter A. Johnson
Ben Meissner
John H. Kahler

Horseshoers

Irwin Gibson
Bruce Larson
August R. Gruhlke

Buglers

Charley Jordan
William Gloza

Mechanic
Joe East
Privates — First Class

Ludwig A. Blumstengal
Frank C. Right
Walter Bachmann
John F. Bellair
Andrew Gurzynski
John Jabczynski
Oscar W. Jack
Dario A. Hernandez
Homer Jordan
Clarence W. Leedom
Charlie F. Lofton
John E. Logue
Archie L. Lopeman
Simeon L. Mahannah
Martin F. Meehan
Burrell I. Sheppard
John J. Totzke
CUfford H. Slife
Joseph Steffen
Joseph Wanninger

Privates

George B. Adams
Ernest L. Brown
Martin Bruce
Samuel M. Bonner
Domenico Castellano
Arthur Bugler
Thomas Connor
Thomas F. Donlon
George Gaddis
John Gora
Thomas R. Gray
Stanley Grendowitz
John J. Grzadzinski
Isom F. Jones
Juan De Dios Mares
William Kosis
Julian McCollum
Herbert Rainey
Anton Riva
Glen E. Roth
Morris A. Rutledge
Walter Schultz
Governor H. Shaw
Frank S. Smith
Leopold Steiner
Markucz Lukas

m^immr-i. _ ^->

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BATTERY "B," 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain James Sipolski

1st Lieut. William C. O'Keefe
1st Lieut. William M. Vanderwaal
2nd Lieut. Frederick S. Cooper

1st Sergt. Robert A. W. Mattiiias Supply Sergeant Charles A. Geiger

2nd Lieut. Ruch E. Evans 2nd Lieut

2nd Lieut. William T. Clow 2nd Lieut.

2nd Lieut. Harry J. Kluss 2nd Lieut.

Stable Sergeant Frank piuch

Sergeants

Everett L. Evans
Oscar F. Battles
William H. Hart
Walter D. Forrest
Herman Hartman
Emmett M. Osborne
George M. Haden
Elmore H. Russell
Miles J. Early
David McCoard

Corporals

Archie J. Delahunty
Edmund A. Barrett
George Curotto
James Steen
Frank J. Brown
George O. Hendri.x
.\nthony Walsh
Walton I. Patterson
Helmer Carlson
William H. GriiTith

Jesse T. Henry
William H. Magness

Cooks
James Granacuris
Robert S. Nelson
Powderly F. Middleton
Leonard R. Bartnek
Ruby S. McWilliams

Horseshoers
Arakal DerBoghosian
Jackson Nobletubby
Melvin E. Darling
Joseph E. Blubaugh

Privates — First Class
Salvator Bendatt
WUliam F. Budka
William C. Capps
Robert W. Colston
Lewis Estes
George L. Gibson
Andrew J. Hoffman
Lester R. Johnson

Maurice Johnson
Ernest L. Lambert
Rube Lester
Howard F. Morse
Shelby Perkins
Fred Seely
Theodore Schuit
Elbert H. WilHams
Roy E. Boslet
Andy A. Brown
James E. Buhler
Rudolph J. Brueggman
Jesse H Casper
James F. Costello
Herbert A. Devol
James W. Devine
Thomas T. Ehner
Henry A. Engels
Ben R. Germany
Joseph F. Harrigan
Olin Hendricks
Elmer S. Hesh
Wiley Hilburn
Stanley C. Hokanson

Paul V. McPherson
Crowell E. Pease
Philip P. Werlein

Mess Sergeant Guy H. Turner

Britt Irick
David E. Kennedy
Rudolph G. Krause
John J. Kunza
Frederick Y. Larkin
Lonnie Loper
Herbert Miller
Thomas I. Minze
Raymond Morris
John K. Nagell
Carl W. Oesterle
William Poll
Teodozy Porcunski
Mendal Z. Rachman
William Russell
Ben E. Simeroth
William Streich
Arturo Uresti
Lawson C. Ussery
John Van Geffen
Cecil C. Vines
Joseph T. Visgilio
Arthur Volberding
Albert D. Woodall

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BATTERY "C," 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain Lawrence J. Baldwin
1st Lieut. William T. Delihant
2nd Lieut. Carl H. Bauer
2nd Lieut. F. A. Cooper

2nd Lieut. Gordon E. Merrill
2nd Lieut. John J. Condon
2nd Lieut. Clarence W. O'Connor
2nd Lieut. William M. Knowles

2nd Lieut. Eugene Sims

1st Sergeant Horace Thompson

Stable Sergeant Clarence F. Neuendorf

Mess Sergeant James B. Defibaugh

Sergeants
Arnold G. Griffin
Henrj' Clay Brookman
Donald L. Dowd
Frank J. Hanak
Harley A. Norris
William C. Nye
Earby A. Rogers
George E. Rollins
Jim B. Salyer
Schepers
Charles H. Smedley

Corporals
Harold W. Carver
Sylvester Cirricione
Buford Glenn Davis
Emory V. Ewing
Harry Kershner
James G. Love
Henry W. Moore
James H. Sammons
George W. Cassell

Horseshoers
George V. Vamer
Bert W. Parker
. Harry U. Kerley

Buglers
Louis P. Martell
Harry W. Mason

Saddler
Barney McNac

Cooks
Wellington B. Kline
Henr>' Stephens
William R. Zimmerman

Mechanic
Milton A. Dykes

Privates — First Class
Or\-aU R. BedweU
Theodore Berman
William Bums
James Chiamopoulos
Gunard S. Danielson
Edward \. Dougherty
John J. Harrington
Luther .\mos Hatfield
Walter A. Lund
Ignatius Malak
Edmond W. Robinson
Ma.x F. W. Schultz

W'alter Schultz
Joseph Schwind, Jr.
Herbert A. Wenerd

Privates
Pete .\lberty
Carl R. Anderson
Harry A. Anderson
Joseph R. Armstrong
James A. .\skew
Sequoyah Baldridge
Loyal I. Boyd
John E. Barder, Jr.
Harry T. Boj-nton
Walter L. Brown
Fred Brubaker
Kimsey Coffman
George .A. Dennis
Ernest G. Dickinson
Delbert O. Dye
Loved E. Farley
John Fedock
Waiiam T. Files
Rudolph J. Fritscher
Raymond T. Glackin (Detached

service)
John Glazauskis
Thomas A. Glenn

Alphonse Gugenberger
John J. Hunt
Joseph Huntz
William Johnson
William J. Jolly
Frank J. Kauss
Wedter J. Latham
Ralph A. Lee
Frazier Lewis
John J. Lovet
Gust Lindmark
John R. Madderom
Everett \'. Neese
Richard Ozment, Jr.
Philip Panunzio
Theodore F. Pauley
Charles S. Peiser
Emmitt Powdrill
.\llen J. Quishenberry
Clyde \'. Rooker
Omer Russell
Henrj- Schroeder
Samuel O. Shoemake
Henrv J. Treece
Albert W. Van Winkle
Oscar Wear
Floyd E. Wiess
Otis A. Woodrome

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BATTERY "D," ,'>3icl 11 ELD ARTILLERY

Captain George H. Timmins

1st Lieut. Howell Van Nostrand
2nd Lieut. Russell A. Compton

1st Sergeant Robert T. L. Patterson
Supply Sergeant Fred E. Elmore

2nd Lieut. .Arthur .\. Dailey
2nd Lieut. William D. Dalton

Sergeants
William L. Pond
Henry C. Black
Thomas F. Vines
Lindsey E. Kinney
Felix C. Cline
Larkin D. Manning
Jim Webb

Eugene Phillip Theis
Harry L. Kreischer

Corporals
Charles Lawter
Hardy Rauch
Robert L. Womack
Archie L. Jones
Charles L. Boy
Joe Lopez
Martin R. Cavazos
Allen Bassett Davis
Joe Hafner
Frank Maldonado
Henry S. McLaren
Milton H. Moore

Cooks
Harry Reynolds
Earl L. Beiard

Horseshoers

Rex Bayless
Harry L. Stierwalt

Saddler
Elmer Ward

Mechanic
Jesse C. Stewart

Buglers

Louis Bradac
Lewis Stabeno

Privates — Fiist Class

Edward A. AUard
Albert E. Anderson
Harvey Bernier
Archie B. Calder
Harry Eggers
Michael Finkelstein
Tami Ragusa
George E. Froman
Harry B. Gibson
Walter H. Gibson

2nd Lieut. Reuben E. Gray
2nd Lieut. Marshall E. Cole

2nd Lieut. Maston H. Pruett
2nd Lieut. Louis H. Strock

Stable Sergeant Jackson W. L. Moody
Mess Sergeant William Hugh Counts

Ross H. Miller
John Monroe
Walter A. Roung
Max Styrk
Anton Zylan

Privates

Charlie Franklin Anderson

Robert Louis .\nderson

Alex. Alexander

Paul .Altemus

Jim Bob

Daniel G. Braman

William Ivey Colbert

Henry Eugene Dowling

Peter Elipani

Tony Falco

Mike Farrell

Paul Ficht

Otto Garren

Beppo I. Gengerello

Harvey L. Gerard

Peter Gibson

Petross Gremen

Everett Goodin

Bert Grafton

Roby Grisby

Ferdinand Hanz
Harvey Hayes
George Hoolie Horn
Robert Oliver Bennet
William J. Jarrett
Clarence Robert Knapton
Frank Lubojacky
Sim M. Lancaster
Dulin Lynn
Thomas E. Mahan
Charlie Mayton
Charles McGovern
Earl E. McKay
Guiseppi Nectoli
Luther O'Connor
Antonio Paninello
Mario Perozzolo
Joseph Pouliot
Willie Mack Risinger
Tom Randleas
Delbert Sanders
Andrew Elbert Seward
Phillip Leslie Smith
William L. Taylor
Arnold Waller
Franklin E. Wilson
George Altus Sterling

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Captain Benton G. Shoemaker
2nd Lieut. William E. Coleman
• 2nd Lieut. John E Groenert

.BATTERY "E," o.3rd FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Robert W. Vail
2nd Lieut. Harry S. Cutler
2nd Lieut. Guy Morrow

1st Lieut. John B. Moore

2nd Lieut. Hal Daniel

2nd Lieut. Franklin G. Armstrong

Sergeant — First Class
Arthur Zahn

Supply Sergeant
William E. O'Byrne

Mess Sergeant
James E. Walker

Stable Sergeant
Lonnie H. Stutts

Sergeants
Paul Povlovsky
Joseph E. Grammier
WiUiam S. Dix
William G. Colton
Shaler S. Davis
Charles A. Hogan
John R. McEntvre
Steele A. Wright
Erven A. Gra'iam

Corporals
Henry J. Pasche
WiUard E. Clarke
Joseph L. Cleary
James B. Thornton
Eugene K. Herrick
Arthur L. Gants
Thomas F. Ashley
Charles E. Hightower

Dewey L. Johnson
Dick Sheridan
John O. Hornbeak
John W. Warren
Frank A. Anderson
Clyde Parker
John M. Price
Mark Bamett

Cooks
James Kenzal
Joseph M. Provenzano
Roy S. Wiginton
Frank B. Wilson

Horseshoers
Ulysses R. Pugh
Peter L. Rozzell

Mechanics'
Rammie A. Smith
Oscar E. Zenkner

Saddler
Earl Green
Bugler
Wine A. Sharpe

Privates — First Class
William Bergmann
Mark W. Crosby

Cecil L. Denton
James M. Eager
Eliseo F. Flores
Ollie F. Flynn
Ernest R. Glancey
John F. Hall
Edgar R. Hooper
Claude K. Howe
Sam Ma.xwell
Frank J. Monahan
James L. Pate
James Petty
Christopher C. Pool
Walter G. Simpson
Martin L. Sowle
Roy A. Todd

Privates

Frank Baker
Huda J. Bamburg
Ed L. Bourland
Frank L. Broaddus
George H. Carlson
F. L. Chambers
Marvin R. E. Choate
Andiew S. Coconaugher
George C. Conklin
WiQie J. David
Will O. Davis
Ray F. DeFrain

Jack A. Duchamp
Joseph R. Duval
Petrie Elverson
Dewey H. Franklin
Frank B. Gallagher
Douglas Graves
Odis Guidry
Nelse J. Hass
Jess Hemdon
John C. HoUoway
Theodore Kuhnau
Charles E. Lowery
Umila Lunaro
Barnes H. McLaughlin
Herman H. Nehrkorn
Melvin L. Packard
Henry Patterson
John B. Qualey
Christopher Ross
John Ryan
Henry Schade
Richard Shine
Anthony J. Slick
Tony Szwajkowski
Claude Turner
Earl F. Taylor
Carl Van Kanegom
Herbert D. Webster
Arthur S. Weiss
Sebe M. Wilson

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1st Lieut. Roger A. Cook
1st Lieut. Francis M. H. Dazey
2nd Lieut. Franklin G. Davidson
2nd Lieut. Richard W. Griswold

BATTERY "F," 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

2nd Lieut. Raymond W. Cobb
2nd Lieut. Tliomas J. Elliott
2nd Lieut. Joseph M. Wells
2nd Lieut. James L. Moore
2nd Lieut. William J. McDonald

1st Sergeant Harry Denny
Supply Sergeant Robert W. Bast
Mess Sergeant Joseph C. Glaviana
Stable Sergeant Louis Feuer

Sergeants

Claude V. V. Forster
Vernon R. Shaw
Walter J. Mumme
John C. Copeland
Warren R. Whitehead
John DePratti
James M. Dye
Berkley Gregg
Harry Forester
John Lynch
Mart Simmons

Corporals

Alexander Alp
Charles E. Smith
Abner C. McAfee
Chalres Regini
Edward E. BeU
Abel DeHaan
Clyde A. Curless
Ben A. Howell
Herman H. Miller
James Tah-Kofper
Roy D. Cassity

Cooks

George Vallas
Antonio R. Forestello

Horseshoers

Alva B. Hall
Lindsey C. Owsley
Frank S. Youree

Saddler

Lamar George

Mechanics

Henry Schorder, Jr.
Russell C. Glaser
Fred E. Brown

Bugler

Goivann Brocoli

Privates — First Class

Luther Beck
James L. Brown
Charles O. Clark
Lee R. Clavton
William T.'Coltman

Stash Cone
Lloyd L. Curtis
Frank G. Fisher
Robert A. Hart
Anton B. Heiner
Charles A. Lewis, Jr.
August Mitas
Peter C. Nyborg
Leon Podgorski

Privates

Durrell B. Baldwin
John B artels
Carl F. Bauer
James E. Boone
Albert T. Caddick
Lee E. Castle
James H. Carpendale
Herbert L. Clark
Karl J. Clore
Robert L. Connell
Franklin P. Cox
Tom R. Cushman
Chester Daley
Roy E. Dixon
Joe J. Drozd
Milton H. Franks

Tom T. Gay
Wallace M. Gilchrist
Gunnar P. Gudmundson
Henry W. Henderson
Robert V. Holt
Stanley Jablonski
Luther L. E. Johnson
James T. Johnson
Thomas B. Jones
.Albert A. Kaminski
Walter R. Keller
James J. Kelley
Johan A. Lindgren
William F. Loftice
Ignac Matczak
Henry A. McAfee
Taylor E. McNabb
Mickle Medgie
John J. Moll
William H. Morris
Matthew A. Myers
Harold M. Phelps
John Poniedzielski
Peter Skrebutenas
Louis Stellman
Benjamin S. Weinberg
Anton Zilinskas

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MEDIC.\L DETACHMENT. 53rd FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Ralph E. Murrell

Sergeant
James T. Smith

Privates — First Class
Willie G. Bort
James R. Leamon
.\lbert P. Lee
Robert S. McXaughton

Captain Xorval W. Robinson
1st Lieut. Edward D. James

Herman J. Neumann
Wesley W. Richards
Hugh L. Roberts

Privates
Gustave .\uch
William Beckley
Adolph GardeU

1st Sergeant Joseph E. Spelich

Gustave Hansen
Harry Musker
Erwin E. Ohlendorf
Nathan .\. Slayton
Harlan M. Sloane
James -\. Truelock
Leo J. Beister
Clavbome S. Clark

VETERINARY DETACHMENT, o3rd FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. James R. Renfrew
1st Lieut. Guy G. Stevens

Farrier Floyd Dickson
Farrier John Lucus

Farrier Harold L. Trew

1st Class Private Roscoe Payne

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Gold Brick Hank

THE "GOLD BRICK" STAFl-
Name

Duty in Division

1. Major General Regtl. Sgt. Major L. D. Bower Division Commander.

2. Brigadier General Color Sgt. Fred HoUiday Comdg. AWOL Brigade.

3. Colonel Sergeant Calvin N. Noble Chief of Staff.

4. Lt. Colonel Color Sgt. Dan M Shannon Asst. Chief of Staff, GB-L

5. Major Sergeant B. F. Pool Asst. Chief of Staff, GB-2.

6. Lt. Colonel Supply Sgt. Mark J. Gregory Division Quartermaster.

7. Lt. Colonel 1st Sergeant Walter Adkins Division Inspector.

8. Major Coiporal Oliver L. Ely Division Judge Advocate.

9. Lt. Colonel Sergeant Geo. W. Frels Division Adjutant.

10. Major Sergeant H. C. Van Hise Asst. Division Adjutant.

11. Captain Regtl. Sgt. Maj. Frank A. Brown Division Personnel Adjutant.

12. 1st Lieutenant Bn. Sgt. Major T. E. Griffith .Aide.

13. 1st Lieutenant Bn. Sgt. Major G. E. Johnson Aide.

THE "GOLD BRICK" DIVISION

THIS organization, known as "The Gold Brick Divi-
sion," with the mythical rank of its various mem-
bers, was formed in the Headquarters Company,
Fifty-second Field Artillery, in the following manner:

Upon the cessation of hostilities there was naturally a
great deal of disappointment on the part of the members
of the Headquarters Company, because of the fact that
they were denied the opportunity to show their mettle
on the firing line in France, and it was found that certain
members soon lost considerable interest in their work,
and lapsed into that old army habit of passing the buck.
In the army, passing the buck is such a universal prac-
tice that a man must be exceptionally clever to be able
to get away with it, but there were certain non-commis-
sioned officers in the company who seemed to be exceed-
ingly proficient in the art, and when a man becomes an
artist along these lines he is henceforth known in army
parlance as a gold brick. This group of gold bricks caused
much discussion in the company, and many arguments
were had as to who was the greatest gold brick in the
regiment, and finally, after much heated discussion on the
subject, it was unanimously conceded that without a
doubt, considering all the circumstances, conditions and

the past records of the men, Regimental Sergeant Major
Bower took the prize, and if a man ranked according to
his ability to gold brick he certainly would rank as a
major-general.

Sergeant Major Bower was notified of this decision and
immediately assumed the rank that was so unceremoni-
ously thrust upon him. He not only assumed the rank,
but seemed to glory in it, and formed for himself a staff,
giving each man a mythical rank and basing his appoint-
ments upon the general ability of the various men to gold
brick or pass the buck. Thus was an organization of
thirteen members formed which was thereafter known as
"The Gold Brick Division" because of the high rank that
had been thrust upon the various members of the group
by their associates. There is no doubt that if the truth
were known quite a large organization of gold bricks could
have been formed, not only in the Fifty-second Field
Artillery, but in other units as well, but these gold bricks
seemed to be very exclusive, and while there were many
men who gold bricked very consistently before and after
the formation of this small unit, the charter members
thereof would not even deign to take notice of their pro-
pensities, and the ranks were never- recruit^. - -

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FIFTY- FOURTH FIELD ARTILLERY

A Jack-of-All Regiment is This Outfit

IF there Is one regiment which can do everything and do
more than a little bit in each, it is the Jack-of-all
regiment, the Fifty-fourth Field Artillery (motorized).
For the Fifty-fourth started out as an aggregation of
cavalrj' troops; presto-changed into light artillery and
then proceeded to metamorphose itself into a motorized

artillery regiment.

It was a long jump
from its original form as
the 304th Cavalry which
was mobilized at Camp
Stanley in April, 1918,
to its present formation
as a horseless organiza-
tion, but the jump was
made and the men con-
tributed their modicum
to the history of Camp
Travis after a fashion
which has long since
ceased to be opera bouffe
and has become every-
thing that should attract the admiration of the true soldier.
Men of the National Army from New York and Illinois
comp)Osed the 304th Cavalry, which was one of the first
cavalry regiments organized from draft men. It was
formed at Camp Stanley, Texas, and the officers assembled
in April. After a month's specialized training under Col.
Lincoln Andrews, later apjx)inted brigadier-general and
sent overseas, and Lieut. Col. Fitzhugh Lee, the officers
were ready to impart the same thorough instruction to
their men. The first body of men to arrive was the regi-
mental band which was taken intact from the Fifth Illinois
Cavalry at Camp Logan. It was commanded by Band
Leader Alan Deege, who was later commissioned a second
lieutenant and remained as the band conductor. The
other companies from the New York and Illinois draft
regiments arrived during April and the early part of May
while the regiment was carrying on its period of intensive
training. Continuing this work on the boots and saddles
schedule the cavalrymen were fit and ready for overseas
service by August.

Then came the first rift in the lute. An order came to
convert the regiment into field artillery. Half of its
strength were to be sent to the Forty-third Field Artillery
at Camp Stanley, and the other half turned over to the
Fifty-fourth Field Artillery which was to be organized at
Camp Travis in August. The last review of the 304th
as a cavalry regiment was held and presented one of the
most remarkable pictures that could be obtained from
green men, mostly city-bred, and equally green horses,
many of which had scarcely known a saddle imtil broken
by the troop)ers. Intensive training of the men and ani-
mals had obtained noteworthy results. The regiment
formed for review at a full gallop, and not a nose went

ahead of the imaginary line made by the horses in the
process of formation. Both men and officers had attained
two qualities necessary — intensive training and thorough
discipline.

But fate, it would seem, was a peculiar trickster against
this regiment. Half of it was to become the nucleus of a
motorized regiment. So with the coming of the fall
months, half of the e.xtinct 304th Cavalry found itself in
Camp Travis without horses and so far as instruction was
concerned, ready to do the about face. It was a matter of
forgetting boots, saddles and spurs and getting down to
thinking in terms of mils, angles, motors, carburetors and
standing gun drills, but here again it was demonstrated
that once a soldier always a soldier and once a good
regiment always a good regiment.

With a sigh as he heroically placed behind him the mem-
ories of dangerous hurdles, and mad rides over the fields
of Camp Stanley and impressive mounted formations, each
officer and man went to his respective school to learn to
be an artilleryman. The results attained before and after
the armistice was signed have proven that these men
accepted and capitalized the new condition with the
fortitude of a real soldier.

An ideal organization reflects the efiiciency and knowl-
edge of its commanding ofiScer. This is quite true of
Col. Edward P. Orton who took command of 304th
Cavalry when Col. Andrews was relieved. He brought
the same principles of instruction and discipline with him
to the Fifty-fourth Field Artillery, and it is a known fact
that his personality can be seen in every effort made by the
regiment. Colonel Orton has had a long and distinguished
record as a soldier. He was born at Washington, Arkan-
sas, and appointed to the U. S. Military Academy from
that state, graduating with
the class of 1896.

Colonel Orton has served
in Cuba, the Philippine and
Hawaiian Islands. From
1906 to 1910 he was detailed
in the Pay Department. At
the outbreak of the present
war he was detailed in the
Quartermaster Department
and was made dejwt quar-
termaster. Port of Em-
barkation, Newport News,
Virginia, which depot he or-
ganized; he was relieved in
May, 1918 as depot quar-
termaster. Port of Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia,
and assigned to command of the 304th Cavalry, National
Army. Colonel Orton is a graduate of the Army School
of the Line, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; the Cavalry and
Artillery School, Fort Riley, Kansas, and the Field Artil-
lery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

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LIEUT.-COL. RUTLEDGE AND STAFF, 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

Left to right (Officers)
Lieut. Alvin R. Dallmeyer Lieut.-Col. Robert C. Rutledge

Major Franklin L. Miller Major Frederick W. Wurster

Lieut. Gerald P. Clute

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Roy G. Booker
2nd Lieut. James H. Carll
2nd Lieut. William L. Pierce
2nd Lieut. Adrian G. Wynkoop
2nd Lieut. Oscar Dahl
2nd Lieut. AJvin R. Dallmeyer

2nd Lieut. Alan Deege

2nd Lieut. C. W. Koerner

2nd Lieut. Gerald P. Clute

Regimental Sergeant Major Joseph P. Haley

Regimental Sergeant Major William L. Hunter

Battalion Sergeant Major Emmett M. St. Clair

Color Sergeant Wilfred Dufour
1st Sergeant Martin J. Revello
Sergeant Bugler Howard M. Steed
Band Sergeant Graydon C. Lower
Supply Sergeant William V. Landwer
Stable Sergeant Mack Lorenz

Sergeants
Robert F. McKinley
James H. Smith
Claude I. Warlick
Herbert Sams
Lionel D. Riker
Leslie L. Morris
Carl Fahnstrom
Harvey Z. Nourse
Albert Goldensun

Band Corporals
Clarence Blankenburg
Maurice G. Dickson
Nicholas L. Musolino

Corporals
Jay W. Green
Hardy H. Lassetter

Leo M. Adams
Herbert N. Olsen

Cooks
Nova F. Smith
Christ J. Sterious

Wagoners
Edgar P. Arnold
Charles B. Huls
Homer O. Jackson

Mechanics .
William E. McKinley
Hjalmer Nelson

Musicians — First Class
Peter Giorio
Frank Grippaudo

Musicians — Second Class
Francis C. Fletcher
George C. Ringler
James M. Vincent

Musician — Third Class
John H. Pearce

Buglers
Fred L. Middleton
William F. Nix

Private — First Class
Albert C. Wroblesky

Privates
William D. .Alexander
Lindsev C. Ballard

August Bartel
Bezzie L. Blaylock
Sam Brucato
Fred L. Buckles
Will H. Clair
Charles K. Cohn
E. L. Collingsworth
Ernest B. Coplen
M. L. Dayton
Anton Dvorak
Frank Fojtik
Ed. L. Hagerty
Owen P. Hale
Clyde iL Hanna
Albert F. Heindel
-Arthur P. Hudgins
George Huether
Clayton M. Johnson
Carroll E. Justus

Joseph T. Keane
Charlie A. Knudson
Oscar C. Lancaster
Raymond LeGrasse
Walter McAnear
Charlie L. McCain
Richard E. MiUs
Kirtland G. Parks
Oscar Parker
Albert Partridge
Frank L. Robinson
Leslie W. Royall
Walter M. Shands
Peter J. Strother
Samuel J. Slick
Mark Sloves
Romeo G. St. Germain
Edward P. Taheny
Roy G. Turner

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SUPPLY COMPANY, 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

2nd Lieut. Harry F. Cooper
2nd Lieut. Guy R. Coc
2nd Lieut. Murray Russell

Captain Wakeman Hackett
Regimental Supply Sergeant Joseph Abrams
Regimental Supply Sergeant Lloyd D. Stevenson

Sergeants

Otto R. Krueger
George Appley

Corporals

Paul J. Fishel
Fletcher A. Haynes
William J. Heffron
James F. Peterson
Edmond J. Poncin

Blacksmith
Charles McKee

Saddler
Thomas D. Spell

Cooks

John E. Hartley
Howard M. Knowles

Charles Y. Jones
Jeff Sudduth

Wagoners
Russell .Mexander
John D. Bodine
Cecil E. Bond
Jess Bradshaw
Phil F. Brequx
George Carlton
Charles Crotty
Chandler Edwards
Otto R. Faedtka
Andrew J. Garvey
Michael Geraghty
James Jones
Walter Lewis
Daniel Nashan
Miroslav Pencik
Lorenzo Sevey
Walter Schild
George W. Stelle
Lawrence D. Styron
George Winistorfer

Privates — First Class

Augustine J. Botterman
William Degnan
Frank Rincione

Privates

Charley M. Burruss
Albert M. Cocke
Arthur H. Chamblee
Dillard D. Dobbins
Thomas J. Dockins
Felix Dynowski
Thomas L. Eddleman
Ray J. Fleece
James A. Gearhart
John S. Hunter
Grover C. Jackson
Thomas Jacob
John Jennings
Oswald Klepp
Lucien J. Legendre
Charles D. Leper

Regimental Supply Sergeant Robert L. Livesay

1st Sergeant John Mas Luckinbill

Sol. Lewis
Dick Lewis
William E. Moore
James B. Mustain
James Nicols
Clifford Newell
Joseph C. Padgett
Robert W. Parry
Homer F. Petrea
William R. Pirtle
Thomas J. Quinlan
Lee D. Reed
Earnest E. Sanford
Walter F. Schlack
Clarence T. Stites
Burton Stumphorn
Morma E. Thompson
John J. Tipperrietcr
Tom Tramel
Glen W. Tuttle
Edward Weber
Herman Wiebke
Loyal T. West
William E. Wright

Ordnance Department

Ordnance Sergeant
Leroy E. Taylor

Sergeants
Charles B. Moore
Richard Terpening
Robert Corbin

Corporals
Robert W. Behringer
Stanley W. Cochrane

Privates
Thomas J. Dunn
Francis J. Foley
John J. Fey
Elbert E. Harris
William J. Hickman
Adrian Johanns
Carl H. Johnson
Harvey P. Miller
Edward McGrath
Joseph H. Parr
Victor J. Walter

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BATTERY "A," 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

2nd Lieut. Edward N. Wiggin
2nd Lieut. Scott A. Dahlquist

2nd Lieut. Edwin D. Cooke
2nd Lieut. Winthrop I. Collins

2nd Lieut. Raymond P. Flynn
1st Sergeant Alexander Stock

Supply Sergeant Fred L. Magoon

Sergeants

Stanley G. Rupich
Reuben Kelly
Zed W. Willett
Earl C. Moore
Joseph B. Scanlon
Andrew Johansen
John W. Hargrave
Walter H. Pendleton
Roy Clements

Corporals

Bemie F. Parkhurst
Byrl G. Milner
Zemie R. Brenaman
William B. Buchmiller
Michael J. Dougherty
Noah I. Gillespie
Arthur J. PuUen
Richard F. Wilson
Joseph N. DeLong
Charles F. Carlton

Edwin R. Riemer
Cash V. Emery
Milton L. Williams
Joseph H. Holmes
Omar Cunningham
Ernest G. Futterhecker
Thomas W. Stousland

Cooks
Presly T. Hutchinson
Earl G. Teal

Buglers
Adam Samanek
Milton S. Brown

Saddler
John C. Malone

Privates — First Class
William B. Murphy
Victor H. Nuckolls
Edward H. Re>-nolds
Roy F. Sandberg

George L. Wittman
Archie F. Guthrie
George W. Carle
Michael Rocca
William E. Gamble
James J. Keefe
Lenn D. McCrory
John F. Szweda
George E. Walker

Privates
George B. Arledge
Edward M. Bell
William A. Borowski
Emil C. Bourgois
George W. Brown
Thomas B. Calvin
Harry A. Campbell
Ernest E. Caskey
Lee Cobbs
John M. Crow
Guy Davis
Leroy DeCamp

Dave T. Dickson
Riley E. Dowell
Roy B. Elam
DeWitt Finney
Otto H. Fromm
Arthur A. Fuhrman
John L. Gee
William H. George
Steve Haggis
Halmer Hansen
Fied J. Hilgart
John Hopkins
Ernest R. Johnson
J. R. Jones
Frank S. Kidwell
George C. Lee
ComeUus W. Maloney
Pete H. Mathis
Amos Mattern
Albert H. Meggenburg
William A. Mick
WilUam Miller
Henry Minx

Robert W. Mitchell
Clarence Nichols
Walter H. Pearson
Leonard C. Peterman
Tulio Ricko
Elmer D. Robertson
George Schulz
John Shaip
James E. Snyder
John J. Spitznagel
William C. Stanfield
Charles C. Steiger
James R. Sullivan
Eugene Szwajkart
Dowzer E. Taylor
John W. Thomas
Porter Thompson
John Thornton
Johnie W. Tyler
Marion Westfall
Lawrence Williams
Albert Woerner

^itii^

stj:

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BATTER V "B," o4th FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain Charles D. VoUers

Captain Benjamin R. Brindley

1st Lieut. John J. Quail

2nd Lieut. John C. Davis

2nd Lieut. WiUiam G. McCurdy

Sergeants

Arthur G. Chapman
Albert Glignor
Gilbert B. Goff
Laurence A. Harris
Leonard J. Higgins
Anthony Kapczynski
James F. Perry
Ernest B. Smith
Carl Williams

Corporals
Floyd M. Bctts
George L. Blagg
Leon D. Bond
Philip P. Casey
Charles Fortgang
George G. Greshavv
Harry B. Hoffman

Richard P. Kalter
John B. Moon
Clark H. Parkhurst
James W. Phillips
Emil B. Schiller
Ross E. Shoop
Dale D. Stephens
Bert J Waltermire
Novus H. Weaver
Orval C. Whipple

Saddler
Milford S. Reynolds

Mechanic
Cornelious G. Penner

Wagoners
Edgar V. Anderson

1st Lieut. Edward R. Whittingham
2nd Lieut. Henry C. Davidson
2nd Lieut. Andrew E. Conover
2nd Lieut. Paul McE. Washington

Jesse M. Olds
Marshall A. Olson

Cooks

Robert L. Douglas
Jase Plaster
William M. Sanders
Walter M. Sisco

Buglers

Fay J. Leonard
Tandy Sanford

Privates — First Class

Grady W. Conner
Nels T. Ekstrom
Clyde Mitchell
Harris Staton

Golie C. Stockton
Virgle Weddle
Oscar D. Williams

Privates

Ernest W. Bell
Earl J. Bentler
William Bottoms
Reynolds Brigance
Benjamin W. Cecil
Christ Christensen
Phillip J. Christoffel
Kelly B. Cope
Warner J.;Davenport
Roy Emerson
Walter L. Felke
Estel S. Fondren
Emanuel R. Freitag
Edward F. Friese

1st Sergeant David M. Keehn
Supply Sergeant Harry P. Herzog
Mess Sergeant William H. Reynolds

Ernest T. Gamble
Ripley B. Harwood
Arthur C. Hohmann
Alfred Holmgren. Jr.
Ervin T. Kier
Louis Kotz
Anton T. Kutac
Joseph H. LaFrance
Peter Langas
Herman Lange
Joseph S. MacHenry
Carl Martin
Nante A. L. Martin
Alessandro Molini
Raymond W. Moore
Jefferson D. Morgan
Maiion L. Morrison
Charles B. Orr
Joseph W. Peebles

Lee A. Powell
Bernard E. Pyka
William C. Reid
Ed. C. Revard
Roy A. Richardson
Frank R. Richmond
George D. Roberts
Homer T. Sallis
•Charles Sanderson
Isaac Sawidan
Rudolph Schaffer
William E. Standard
Arthur 0. Steffan
.\ntonio Sunzeri
Richard Swanson
Carey Turner
James S. Vancura
John E. Woods

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Ist Lieut. Floyd F. Eldred
1st Lieut. Ross L. Milliman

1st Sergeant Thomas K. Shaw

BATTERY "C." 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain Hartwell H. Linney

2nd Lieut. Hallock P. Long
2nd Lieut, .\lfred E. DaWs

Sergeants

Homer Carter
Honore Comelis
Henr>- J. Dexheimer
James A. Hays
John B. Hooper
John W. Liverman
James \. MajTiard
Odie McCuUom
Victor G. Salinas
Luther G. Turner *
Edson B. Wolverton

Corporals

Maurice C. Booth
Charles Brack
Earl L. Deshazo
Emanuel Halpert
John P. Hume
Henr>- H. Hvatt

Arthur R. Jones
Frank Krabsbach
Frank H. Storm
William E. Stobaugh
Alfred E. Graham
James H. Vaughan

Cooks
Hiram C. McClain
Paul W. Schur
Rov L. Stedman
William N. Smith

Buglers
Edward B. Conway
FeUx F. Waite
Reuben J. Wilkinson

Privates — First Class
Joseph A. Deruse
Leo S. ilarceau
Robert C. Motley
Charles E. Sterling

Supply Sergeant Edward P. Smith
Privates

Andrew Bacchi
Fagan A. Bates
Gustave H. Baumgardt
Claud Beeson
.Arthur M. Berg
Otis L. Bohall
Charles J. Bretz
.Allen L. Brewer
Gustav G. Buesing
Ercole Conti
Fred L. Cosier
John D. Collins
Arthur .A. Da\-is
.A. Davis

Benjamin J. Davis
Harr>- Davidson
Amie S. Flatness
Charles A. Fifield
LeeRoy Ford

2nd Lieut. Thomas V. Stark
2nd Lieut. Raymond Kerr

Mess Sergeant Troy W. Adams

John C. Frantzen
Lee P. Gall
Ralph D. Gillogly
Ernest M. Goddard
Festus A. Haag
MeUan .A. Hand
Oscar W. Hubbard
Bunch Hill
Harry A. Jenrich
Knudt F. Johannsen
.Adolph Kalgarden
Joseph Kitto
George O. Kvalvog
John Leverenz
Philip Locks
Palmer E. Linn
Arbie J. Maxfield
Walter D. Meek
Edward F. Miles
Ian C. Mclntyre
Xute Paschal

Emmitt R. Pryor
Joseph Rizzo
William C. Roberts
Thomas Salisbury
Fred W. Sellen
Eugene T. Sewell
Otto M. Shupe
Lacie V. Shelton
Herbert Slaughter
Arvid C. Soderling
Floyd F. Stevenson
William E. Swinford
Tine Tidwell
Nelson C. Torpey
Elbert Traylor
William D. Tyree
Joe VeUno
Ed. D. Via
.Arnold B. Walton
Harry R. Weber
Earl Wimberly

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Captain Scott P. Hart Captain

1st Lieut. William V. Philips 2nd Lieut. Joseph K. Felker

2nd Lieut. Alva A. Brumfield 2nd Lieut. Oliver C. Cobb

2nd Lieut. John A. Nolan 2nd Lieut. William L. Sutton

Sergeants
Goal TuUous
Burr W. Sharp
Thomas H. Murphy
Alvin E. Bronstad
W'illiam E. Woods
Norman L. Stewart
Edward Lehman
Jacob Blasdel
Eli J. Covington
James W. McCann

Corporals
James K. Beauchamp
Bennie Brown
Herbert W. Lang
Henry Ness
William L. Chisholm
Cornelius J. Mara
Richard E. Rohrback
Joseph Glantz
Harvey Allen
George Cumpton

Chauncey A. Itschner
Bruce M. Thomas
Oscar W. Vogel
Mechanic
Joseph P. Howe

Saddler
Charles W. Johnson

Cooks
Frank Smith
Jesse B. Ivey
Adolph Rommel

Privates — First Class
Charlie T. Amick
Embrey Daniel
William F. Fennema
Joseph E. Jarvis
Huglf T. Johnson
John W. Marsh
Thad M. Shelton
George W. Schuster
Roland O. Sweetman

Harry W. Sebring
Robert O. Waldron
Anton F. Cieszynski
Christopher W. Wiese

Privates
Giordano Baldassin
Leo S. Bass
Michael Bellwich
Andrew C. Boyd
Frederick R. Carley
Vernie Clark
Frank Coleman
Fred E. Coleman
George T. Cormier
Arthur J. Cramer
Edmund E. Cowan
Steve Debrowske
Richard B. DeMunbreun
Remo Di Zefalo
Joseph E. Frith
Russell E. Ferrell
William P. Foster

Guy L. Badger

1st Sergeant Jack H. Powell
Mess Sergeant Charles G. Hilse
Supply Sergeant Mose J. Harris

William Gallagher
Joseph M. Green
Aubrey L. Gleason
Jesse L. Grantom
Anton E. Grube
Floyd H. Hamacher
Robert L. Hart
Charles Hartmann
Thomas E. Hay
George W. Hickey
Peter Hoars
Wesley F. Holland
George W. Hornby
Arthur C. Hubbard
Alex. W. Hunt
Joseph A. Jean
Bryan E. Jordan
Mathias H. Kirbach
Elmer L. Mears
Andrew L. McMillan
W'illiam B. Moss
William L. Mullen

Fred T. Norman
Stewart Nystrom
Francis O'Connor
Frank Pokomik
Garry W. Putnam
Stinnis Reynolds
Fred C. Reese
Richard C. Rupp
William Schueler
Hugh Simpson
Bernard St. Clair
Isaac P. Thomas
Paul Thomas
Tom R. Vaughan
Robert N. Wagner
Adolf H. W'alter
Stephen Walters
Arthur P. Waxier
Albert J. Watkins
Fred Wenneberg
Louis Witkowsky
Henry G. Yarbrough

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BATTERY "E," 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

Captain A. Dwight Williams

1st Lieut. Alonzo C. Scurlock 1st Lieut. LystOD G. Snyder 2nd Lieut. Ray T. Roberts 2nd Lieut. Archibald S. Teller

2nd Lieut. Walter R. Nichol 2nd Lieut. Alfred J. Cone 2nd Lieut. Chester P. Collins

First Sergeant Robert A. Tropp
Supply Sergeant Ernest C. Nagel
Mess Sergeant Virgle M. Williams

Sergeants
Daniel Heam
John R. Henderson
Richard R. Jentzsch
James C. Porter
Edwin S. Righeimer
Earl E. Selvidge
Nuss Stevenson
Joseph F. Terrell
William Williams
Michael Pershyn

Corporals
Luther H. Buchanan
Arnold P. Baker
Elza F. Adams
Andrew Balla
Jeremiah Baddell
Thomas J. Brown
Fred J. Bruggemeyer
Ambrose J. Carolan
Houston Edmonds

George A. Hoefle
James B Looby
Robert Lorrb
\irgil T. O'ConneU
Thomas J. Patterson
Maurice H. Ptterman
George Richards
Herman F. Seefelt
George Sheyahshe

Cooks
James W. Austin
Thomas O. Dyer
Frank Drechsler, Jr
George J. Ditewig

Privates — First Class
Manley O. Anderson
Lawrence Boulton
Tony Broeringmeyer
Edgar R Canavan
Robert G. Carr
J''sse M. Cassell
Geoige W. Condo
Perry Copp
Benjamin Cornell
WilUam Dasenbrock
Hairy C. Donaldson

Albert Doles
Earl Frailey
Addison W. Fullwood
Aloysius Garvy
Frank S. Harrell
Frank KeUy
Edward M. Kilu
Thomas Kulick
Edward J. Laurendeau
Edwin J LindquLst
Charles Loneman
Peter C. Neilson
Carl Olsen
Roley Sands
William H. Sheehan
WiUiam H. Sheets
John S. ToUett
John W. Wolfe
Lawrence A. Wolfe

Privates
Jess R. Andrews
Charles P Bartlett
Joel B. Bledsoe
Anton F. Brdecka
E^rl C. Brooks
Ralph Brumleve
Emory B. Cain
James R Cannaday

William C. Condon
Walter C. Cooper
Omer P. Dumas
David B. Elledge
Arthur Englekirg
Edward R Fiauenfelder
Dave Frazier
John Grencer
Hobait W. Hamilton
Robert Hinchey
Amos L. Jones
Louis Knabe
WiUis O. Medford
John J. JIcMahon
Thurman O. Mock
Robert Moore
-Alfred Nail
Henry F. Peters
Eddy Peterson
Albert C. Revels
Edmond Schranz
William C. Schulte
Fred Stepan
-Arthur E. Steullett
Fred N. Tidrick
John Toenjes
Willie Woods
WiU Valdes
Chester W. Zettwoct

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BATTERY "F," 5ith FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Culver C. Bragg
2d Lieut. Walter L. Goldston
2d Lieut. John B. Chilton
2d Lieut, jfohn S. N. Davis, Jr.

Sergeants
Joseph M. Wagner
Felipe Garcia
Fay D. Allison
H. Malcolm McCarty
Benton R. Starkey
Charles R. Brown
Eugene F. Rooney
John P. McLure
William P. Buzan

Corporals
Claude C. Abercrombie
Walter D. Edwards
Walter L. McCarroU
Clarence M. Utley
Earl F. Stice
Arthur P. Parrott
Anthony O. Miller
Luke L. Robinson
Frank C. Murray
Henry Moreau

Elza H. Parks
Rudolf R. Kuehn
Edward J. Eggum
Victor E. Norman
Henry C. Thorpe

Saddler
Julius W. Harris

Cooks
Abby L. Bain
Joseph E. Forsyth
Arthur J. HoUinsworth
John H. Hendricks

Mechanic
Lynn L. Wilson

Privates — First Class
Philip D. Barnes
Joseph A. Cannon
Ralph Davis
John De Boer

1st Lieut. Archibald W. Fisher
2d Lieut. Thomas P. Clyde
2d Lieut. William T. Lowrey
2d Lieut. Paul F. Jervis
2d Lieut. Roy A. Welday

Paul Groh
Percy Hinebaugh
Albert Nett
Charlie P. Williamson

Privates
William F. Auston
Harry L. Burns
Erwin Buchholz
Robert C. Bowles
Anton J. Bordovsky
Sam W. Cowan
Bennie H. CoUeps
Albert G. Cash
Gustave A. Carlsten
Claes V. H. Claeson
John D. Curfman
Hyman Dolinsky
Ralph J. Davis
Fred A. Engel
Evert C. Frost
Willie E. Fambrough

1st Sergeant Ralph S. Hinman
Mess Sergeant Charlie R. Heller
Supply Sergeant George M. Barr
Stable Sergeant Sam M. Hyden

Marion Franceschi
Jack Greenspoon
Frank N. Gillock
William A. Hutcheson
Ellis Honeycutt
Arthur J. Harris
Tack Hodgson
Louis Harrison
William J. Hof
Hubert H. Henger
Fred Hasty
Eric O. Henderson
Harold Jones
Emanuel Kastenbaum
Edward M. Kuykendall
Frank Kasik
Joseph Kwiatkowski
Frank J. Landolt
Gust A. Lindgren
Carl Loord
Archie L. McClennan
Bailey W. Moore

Clyde Murphy
Frank J. Marwig
Isadore Meltz
Fritz G. Nelson
Otto W. Nicklas
Adolph Pfeiffer
Herbert G. Pearson
Arthur L. Pagliaro
Adolph F. Palm
HoUey H. Stout
Clyde Slay
Rudolph Truhlar
John G. Tackett
Carl M. Thorp
Hugo H. Theis
Richard Triptow
Fred Teneyck
William G. Tranel
William J. Weir
James V. Weaver
Bucaro Biagio
Adolph L. Convert

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 54th FIELD ARTILLERY

1st Lieut. Charles F. Lyle, M.C.

Sergeant — First Class
John C. Sycamore

Sergeants
Clarence H. Rushton
John C. Winfree

Privates — First Class
Christian A. Christensen
Dudley R. Holloman
Henrj-H. Litke
Joseph W. Maresh
Alvin P. Noves
Walter R. Schilling
August Schinkofski
Walter S. Stanford
Horace B. Stone
Emil O. Webber

1st Lieut. Ernest W. Nitscbe, M.C.

Privates

Earl W. Bailey
John C. Binder
Herman Dillavou
Charles Ekdahl
Van Hause
William F. Kreklow
Peter J. Lappen
Robert A. Mattuschek
William F. McNamara
Luther W. Miller
Joseph V O'Rourke
Aloysius Scharenbrock
Irvin E. Simpson
George E. Sisco
Paul J. Stahl
Jesse E. Waddell
Alvin C. Watson

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COMPANY "D," 35th INFANTRY

Privates — Continued
Marion Germain
Rocco Giordano
Jose De La Luz Guillen
Albert J. Harper
Grant M. Hays
Ernest H. Heim
Harry J. Heppner
Conrad H.L.C. Hildebrandt
Henry 0. Hiliger

Ovid Hurt
Carl R. Johnson
Let A. Johnson
John F. Ladner
Anton O. Langenfcld
Ernest I-ixke
Michael McGuigan
Severin S. Melling
Mike Music b
Fred Neff

Continued from page

John O. T. Nelson
William NickofI
Evan Olsen
ThorvaUl Opdale
Robert Rangartz
John D. Reece
William V. Reder
Sherman H. Rose
Charles L. Schulz
Matthew J. Schelski

ISg

John E. Severson
William Shore
Leo Simonis
John L Simpson
Frederick Thieme
Charles Thomas
Joseph Twarn
John Warren
Jacob Weber
Herman G. Wendjer

Raymond Wieczorek
Edmund B. William
Dan Woods
Raymond Woods
George G. Wright
Robert B. Crawford
Thomas F. Farris
George L. Harris
Raymond Jackson
Ira M. Whitney

COMPANY "E," 35th INFANTRY

Privates — First Class —
Continued

Henry T. Cornelius
Earnest Cox
Fred Creel
Michal Danilovitch
Harry Dapron
Johnathan O. Jenkins
John Kicul
John Kitzhoffer
Joseph Krowczyk
Paul Kurczak
Clay E. Lewis
John Moskal
Martin A. Naleway
WiUard E. Potter
Edmund Rakstel
Vincent Richter

Joseph Rober
Stanley Russ
Alex. Satkowski
Roy Sayers
Martin Shoptaw
Stanley Smolinski
Joseph Stanczuk
Isadore Steinberg
Robert W. Swan
Lee R. Turner
Charles E. Williams

Privates
Baptiste Allies
Rasmus R. Anderson
Walter Baker
Thomas A. Barler
Ralph Barone

Continued from page l^S

Fredrick Beckman
Charles O. Beverly
Bolen T, Branscomb
Edward Brockman
Benjamin R. Brummitl
Tony Carvallo
John G. Crawford
Melby M. Curtis
Charles A. Deloy
Watsoti Dickerson
Paul A. J. Frega
Edwart Garbolino
Frank C. Glotfelty
Jan Greenwold
Fred H. Grewe
Paul C. Grischow
Harry B. Hams
Earl V. Haskins

i-'.dward Hasse
koy Hickman
Henry Hitzman
(Jeorge Huber
Edgar A. Irion
Tomas Jones
Charles H. Klein
Louis K. Klose
August Kruckeberg
John A. Kufeldt
Henry F. Leverenz
William O. Lueth
William A. Lycan
John McCafTerty
Uominico Madrid
Dick Marcus
Herbert F. Marshall
Maria I. Martinez

Horace Mathes
\\ illiam Moellenk.amp
William J. Niebur
Robert Noble
lOarl Olscn
John M. Persano
Henry Peterson
Fredrick T. Schaefer
Charles J . Schelski
Alma Smith
Alexander Stasulaitis
Boleck Stecensky
Oliver P. Swiger
Emil Urhausen
Clyde Williams
Louis H. Zaehler
Pete Zaras
Henry Zimbleman
Frank Maddox

COMPANY "I," 35th INFANTRY

Buglers — Continued
Mac M. McLaughlin

Privates — First Class
John J. Bieniek
John Brigando
William Daniel
Leo J. Farley
William A. Flanagan
Max Gitlitz
Paul Goddard
William J. Kerzek
John Krosinski
John Labrizzi
Bolestaw Latek
James Liewald
Joe Meceunas
John B. McMillan
WilUam J. O'Reilly
Glenn V. Parker

Victor N. Plauger
Frank B. Rys
Harry E. Schneider
George \'. Soloman
Louis J. Terrian
SUas T. Wright
Paul W. Zinn

Privates
John Aibukoy
Niculaie Andros
Erwin N. Allen
Jesse T. Beer
Olaf R. Berglund
Peter R. Berlow
Milan Bijelich
Hugh W. Binns
Harry J. Brown
George Bruss
Winfred J. Carter

Continued from page J27

Valdemar Christensen
Willis Clemmer
John H. Cullen
Arthur D. Davis
George J. B. Dow
Harry C. Ehlers
John J. Eland
James Farrelly, Jr.
Arthur T. Ferguson
Patrick J. Foye
Alfred E. Gabrielson
Samuel B. Goldstein
Frank J. Greeley
William Hamling
Thomas Hanrahan
Clifford L. Holsinger
William H. Hood
Harley J. Jenkins
Eddie A. Johnson
Elmer O. Joyce

Joe Kopech
Ben Kotz
Rychard Kozicki
John I. Kukielski
Millard Lambert
Joseph Lin. '-r
Isser Lipson
Leo Mandel
James F. Matias
Willie Mayberry
Fremont R. Metcalf
John Moore
William J. Moran
Thomas Morrissey
Jozy Myakoski
Charles H. Mclntyre
John J. McManus
Clarence L. Norton
Maryian Olszanski
.Alex. Pejdzmski

Charles Poles
Tony P. Powers
Joseph M. Pyle
Arthur H. Rohde
Charles Rutkus
Clinton A. Sawyer
Thomas C. Scully
Sherman W. Secrist
William H. Sewell
Herman E. Snyder
Anthony Stroer
Victor R. Sundberg
Oscar Swanson
Roy Thompson
James L. Walls
Max Weinberg
Frank Williams
Daniel W. Wilson
John Wittmeyer, Jr.
Alex. Vanolko

COMPANY "K," 35th INFANTRY

Mechanics — Continued
Michael Koshula
George H. Black
Peter Guswinetz

Buglers
Frank J. Niesbrella
John Kerchinske

Privates — First Class
Maurice E. Arundell
John V. Bost
Angelos Buros
Jack H. Fox
George J. Grikshell
Harry H. Joseph
Thomas Smittyklas
Marion Speagle

Privates
William A. Almblad
Albin S. Anderson

Bennea Astrowski
Richard Bartik
George W. Baumel
Arthur R. Bosley
Allie Bird
Earl Brazil
John J. Cunningham
William G. Deacon
Lyle A. Derr
Oren Dobey
Emanuel Dee Doetsch
Jacob Dziki
Grady Earnest
Rufus Evans
Adam Gachewicz
William Gerhauser
Aleck Goldman
Frank E. Graves
Leo Halanski
John C. Hoffacker
Irving F. Honeck
Joseph Hupka

Continued from page 128

Earl James
Julius C. Jensen
James Jonas
Raphael Keltz
Walter Kempenski
Wallace Kincaid
Alik Kirby

Theodore A. Kjeldsen
John Klocke
James P. Kondopulos
John Kosurek
Alexander Kowalski
Herbert Krump
William K. Landom
Frank Lang
Louis J. Levine
Robert G. Larson
Arthur Livingston
Wladymir Malyniak
John H. Manske
John McCarthy
John McGinty

Robert McSherry
Andrew Mickle
Walter R. Miller
Albert Minicucci
George H. Mokate
Viggo Nielsen
Otto Nimtz
John O'Donnell
Richard E. Oliver
William Ostergaard
John J. Pattock
Frank F. Petrinovich
William F. Pfeifer
Joseph Polinski
Earl P. Polzin
Adam Pzybytowicz
R. R. Quinn
Charles Quinn
Jack H. Roach
John Ross
George Rossi
Matt F. Ryan

Albert R. See
Jess Sergent
Paul Sevrenson
Charles E. Singleton
F. E. Slevin
Wactow Smigulski
William O. Sprinkle
Oliver Staples
Wadyslaw Storen
Pete Strbay
Earnest R. Swanson
Harry S. Swanson
WiUiam P. Trumbull
Stanley Turoy
Franklin J. Varela
Bennie A. Voss
Andrew Vronka
Norvid F. Wallin
Nathan Warshavsky
Homer Williams
Charley J. Willison
Max Wolman

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EIGHTEENTH TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY

They Started Out As Machine Gunners

1~^HE Hun is said to have placed his most stalwart
machine gun units; as a matter of fact those who
have gone report that although the others retreated,
the machine gunners stuck to the bitter end. When the
personnel of this organization, formerly the Machine Gun
Troop of the 303rd Cavalry, was selected, Uncle Sam must
have had in mind the plan of going the Hun one better, as
he did in poisonous gases and everything else which he
attempted.

The various officers who have been with the Eighteenth
Trench Mortar Battery are unanimous in their report of
the loyal support of the men. At all times they have come
across with everything which could be desired. The men
of no organization have been more willing to make sacri-
fices in subscribing for any worthy cause which has been
brought before them. A brotherly feeUng has existed in
this organization which will long be felt and sadly missed
when the men are finally mustered out into civil life. For
instance. First Sergeant Lampkins was dollars short one
day in handling some funds belonging to the battery —
whether this was due to a mistake in making change or
whether some one actually scampered away with a ten
dollar bill, no one ever knew; however, the next morning
the sergeant was presented with a handful of nickels and
dimes by the men, amounting to a round ten dollars.
This merely illustrates a happy state of relations existing
among the soldiers of this organization. What a golden
age we would live in if the greedy merchants and sales
people could share this spirit with us! One of the men
who had just been discharged from the service drew his
last check for $16.07. He had a wife and new-born babe
in town and no home in which to go. Again the men ral-
lied to the cause and each one chipped in to his utmost to
send the brother on his way with enough to keep him until
he secured a job. Again the men of the army, though

their pay is a pittance compared to the civilian's pay, have
done a deed and taught a lesson. There are no tight wads
here.

During May, 1918, the men began arriving at Camp
Stanley from Texas, Oklahoma and Illinois, and from
Chicago and New York. After several weeks of dis-
mounted drill they were put on horses and practically re-
mained there during the rest of the scorching summer.
Probably no man had ever worked so hard, but every lick
had its effect, for when the 303rd Cavalry passed in
mounted review before General Holbrook on the first of
August, it was no longer a mob of rookies but a regiment
of well-trained soldiers.

After the twelve troops of the 303rd Cavalry had been
organized, the ofiicers of the Machine Gun Troop-to-be
gradually selected men for their machine gun organization
from the other twelve troops. In making their selections
they looked into each man's record and qualifications, for
machine gunners must be above the average in strength,
of steady nerve, keen sight and mechanically inclined.
This organization was complete by the end of May and
from that time really dates the birth of the Eighteenth
Trench Mortar Battery.

On August 15th the 303rd Cavalry was converted into
field artillery. At this time the 303rd Machine Gun Troop
was made into a separate organization, the Eighteenth
Trench Mortar Battery, brigaded with the Eighteenth Field
Artillery Brigade, and moved to Camp Travis, Texas.
Here it remained. The Boche was whipped and with
nothing in view to fight, the men of this battery pined
away, for the next war seemed a long way off; however,
everyone agreed that our work was not labor lost, but an
education in a new field and phase of life. The members
of the Eighteenth Trench Mortar Battery will go home
when the time comes, as men, not boys.

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218th ENGINEERS (SAPPERS)

They Beat the Flu Instead of the Hun

PROBABLY the youngest organization in Camp
Travis — from the point of its arrival in camp — was
the 218th Engineers, one of six divisional engineering
regiments ordered organized on July 31, 1918, when six
infantn,- divisions were authorized. The instructions
caUing for the formation of this regiment ordered that the

or}.'anization should take
place at Camp A. A.
Humphreys, Va., where,
upon completion of a two
months' course of train-
ing in special engineer-
ing work, it would join
the Eighteenth Division
at Camp Travis, Texas.
It was expected that this
regiment would go over-
seas with the Eighteenth
Division in January,
1919, and, after a two
months training period
in France, would go to
take its place on the firing line.

Owing to the fact that the first draft was about ex-
hausted and that the second draft law had not yet become
operative it was evident that no men would be available
for this regiment until the September call of the draft.
It was accordingly decided that this regiment would be
organized principally from men called into the service
about September 5th. The non-commissioned officers
were to be obtained from the schools at Camp A. A.
Humphreys, Va., where they were already in training.
In addition about forty enlisted men of two or more
years' service in the tropics of the Third U. S. Engi-
neers at Corozal, Canal Zone, were ordered transferred
to the 218th Engineers. The regiment was therefore
assured of having a well trained cadre of non-commis-
sioned officers.

In the meantime, Colonel W. D. A. Anderson, Corps of
Engineers U. S. Army, a regular officer and graduate of the
United States Military Academy, who was then on duty
in the Department of Panama, as chief of staff and de-
partment engineer, had been ordered to Camp Humph-
reys, Va., to take command of the 218th Engineers. On
September 26th the commanding general at Camp Humph-
reys ordered the transfer of 35 officers and 597 enlisted
men to the 218th Engineers, from the Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh^ Training Regiments at
that place. These officers and meri together with the forty
men from the Third Engineers in Panama and officers pre-
viously ordered to the regiment by War Department orders

gave the regiment a nucleus of 40 officers and 617 men.

A course of intensive instruction designed to fit this
nucleus for expansion into a complete regiment was im-
mediately instituted. Daily drill periods were from 7
o'clock in the morning until 5:30 in the afternoon, with an
hour and a half off for lunch. Particular attention was
paid to the instruction of men in the various engineering
specialties, such as fortifications, ]X)ntoon bridging, timber
bridging, and roads.

During this period the epidemic of Spanish influenza
started at Camp Humphreys and spread with incredible
rapidity. It was apparent that to combat its spread suc-
cessfully, instruction and drills would have to be curtailed
and the energies of all directed against the disease. It
was then that the mettle of the men in the organization
received its first test. Every man cheerfully did his part
in nursing and caring for those who were stricken. In spite
of the fact that we were fighting an unseen foe and knew
not where he would strike next, nobody shirked. As a
result of such splendid conduct there were only nine deaths
in the regiment and the epidemic was soon controlled.
The conduct and record of the 218th Engineers during one
of the most severe epidemics that had run through any
camp in the country gained the praise of the commanding
general at Camp Humphreys, who made the statement
that the sick record and death rate of the 218th Engineers
was the lowest of any organization in the camp where
there were at the same time about twenty other regiments
and separate battalions.

On November 1st, 1918,
this regiment received its
orders to proceed to Camp
Travis, Texas, to join the
Eighteenth Division. On
November 5th the regiment
entrained, and arrived at
Camp Travis on November
9th. Two days after arrival
the news of the signing of
the armistice was received.
While overjoyed at the
thought of peace again
and perhaps a speedy return
home, still there was con-
siderable disappointment in

that we had not been permitted the opportunity of test-
ing ourselves against the enemy and letting the Hun know
the stuff we were made of. Everyone, however, reaUzed
that now was not the time to let up in training, and
although we had missed the opportunity to meet the
enemy, we decided that we would excel in our training.

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COLONEL ANDERSON AND STAFF, 218th ENGINEERS

Left to right — sitting

Capt. Artiiur Osbome
Capt. A. G. Matthews
Major W. X. McDonald
Col. W. I). A. Anderson

Lieut.-Col. R. C. Crawford
Major M. B. Reynolds
Capt. A. A. Green
1st Lieut. H. E. Marchbanks

Left to right — standing

2nd Lieut. A. K. Foster 2nd Lieut. Paul C. Jones

2nd Lieut. J. M. Byers Chaplain Jesse P. Thomberry

1st Lieut. Chas. E. Mclntyre 2nd Lieut. Chas. Parrish

1st Lieut. Howard H. Webster 2nd Lieut. E. R. Slade

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 21Sth ENGINEERS

Regimental Sergeant Majors
Alfred J. Acres
Malcolm W. Ford

Master Engineer — Senior Grade
George A. Bro^vn

Master Engineer — Junior Grade
Michael J. Finucane
Harr>- S. Tipton

Regimental Supply Sergeants
Henry R. Bennett
Anthony H. Krut

Battalion Sergeant Majors
Joseph Hazin
John Haasler

First Sergeant
Nicholas J. Popma

Sergeants — First Class
Horace C. HiU
Clarence B. Eyler

Sergeant Bugler
Harry E. Stone

Color Sergeants
Bert Spurrier
Louis A. Smith

Sergeants
Peter B. Torell
Arthur Thompson
Ernest R. Jensen

Supply Sergeant
Arthur W. Reed

Mess Sergeant
George J. Kraus

Stable Sergeant
Earl L. Gile

Corporals
LeRoy E. Glunt
Harry D. Keller
Richard G. Williams

Captain Arthur Osborne

William H. Henze
Harry A. Lynn
John E. McCabe
Roy R. Campbell
James C. Hawkins
Leon H. Seely
Allen Duxbury

Cooks
John Adam Christ
Michael A. Bruckbauer
Ben Melancon

Horseshoers
Howard L. Gramling
Samuel H. Rodgers

Mechanics
Sebastiano Ferlauto
Earel Naporer
Howard C. Shrewsbury

Wagoners
Thomas Bratton
Herman Sandburg
Robert J. Cook

John Donahee
Perry J. Gale
Ralph E. Morse
William E. Prittie
Edward B. Young

Privates — First Class
William B. Aitkin
Solly Birnfield
Mark F. Freuler
Raymond H. Lee
August G. Babinski
Joshua McDaniel

Privates
George E. Banning
Salvatore Belino
Earl Champion
Thomas Coughlin
Phillip A. Garofano
Sevey E. Hanson
Thomas A. Lentz
William F. Crapes
Frederick C. H. Diebler
John J. Ehmen
Morris Firstman

Ira L. Fleischman
Arthur S. Fluharty
Paul Fuhs
Techo Grosso
Gerald Hanna
Vincenc A. Heenan
Harrison il. Hewitt
Benjamin Ireland
Charles A. Jacklin
William J. Kelly
Samuel Laj-man
William Moran
Sebastiano Pepe
William Leslie Powell
Eari W. Randolf
Joseph E. Reardon
Otto H. Schweikert
Paul Sargakis
Abraham Sheps
Henr>' H. Sier
Charles H. Sims
John M. Watson
WiUiam M. West
Bernard T. White
Edward J. White

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COMPANY "A," 218th ENGINEERS

1st Lieut. George E. Mclntyre

Sergeants — First Class

Charles C. Grubb
Louis H. DriscoU

Sergeants

Gurmar E. Gunderson
Harry H. Famum
John F. Ha\vxby
Christopher T. Soren
Supply Sergeant
Jack Lechtenbaum

Mess Sergeant
Theodore Myers

Stable Sergeant

Frank S. Hunt

Corporals

John H. McMullen
Joseph N. Schaaf

Captain Simes T. Hoyt
2d Lieut. Warren R. Neuman 2d Lieut. Ernest C. Fortier

Everett C. Scrensen
Kenneth E. Thieraan
Albert E. A. Fuchs
James A. Turner
Elmer Freund
Joseph F. Simccck
Hans W. Tusbil
Peter A. Kos

Cooks

Herman Roschefski
Elsie Haynes
James McCaine

Wagoners

Robert E. Clark
Joseph L. Magee
Herman A. Cochlin
William H. Breece
Frank D. Bukowski
Albert Pahlck

Privates — First Class

Henry A. Bartels
Ormond Berry
Edward Broge
Harry Coppinger
WUiam C. Leonard
William MacFarand
Charles S. McBride
Paul Traynor

Buglers

Albert L. Moffitt
Frank Raciburski

Privates

Frank J. Abert
William S. Bourland
Oreste Bozza
John H. Carnes
Dorainick Cella
James W. Champion

Emmett M. Clark
John Cloud
Leo F. Cogan
Edgar G. Colkitt
James Colletti
Thomas F. Cosgrove
Herbert F. Dorn
Scott E. Dotson
John Dunn
David F. Eppes
James V. Everhardt
Howard G. Fenner
McKinley H. Flint
Joseph Gallagher
Herman C. Gassier
Rudolph Hackbarth
Joseph Halligan
Morris Handel
Harry B. Inglis
Joseph L. Jacobus
George S. Jar vis
Clyde H. Johnston

1st Sergeant Elmer Snyder

Robert S. Kirland
Jacob J. Klenk, Jr.
Harry Lerch
George B. Litchfield
William T. McGuire
George Mazie
Ben. Meisner
Peter Michalewski
Peter J. Miller
James J. Nally
Albert Schmidt
Roland J. Schwartz
Garry Sinkway
Michael L. Taxacher
John VanDorn, Jr.
Gallen E. Vittum
George Waldie
Elmer W. Whalev
Charles O. Wood"
Frank E. Wyant
Wasil Yucho
Girduy Zerangue

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COMPANY "B ," 218th ENGINEERS

2d Lieut. George W. Foster

First Sergeant
John Alexander Alt

Sergeants — First Class
Edward L. Malsbary
William WiUoughbj'

Sergeants
Willis O. Tipton
Frank A. Deregon
Merton C. Nyberg
Charles M. Kramer
William J. Karaszewski
Supply Sergeant Louis Binder
Mess Sergeant Edwin John Breen
Stable Sergeant Alfred W. Ruflf

Corporals
Robert F. Hubbard
Alfredo Cordon i
George Edward Deming
Walford M. Rierson
William T. Wallace

Graham S. Vin-son
John O. Hughey
William A. Smith
Railia Yacka
George Leverle
Walter G.'Ulbrich
Homer T. HaU
William Mack
Clarence W. Gillis
Paul J. Anders
Cooks
Boyd F. Fausey
William F. Andrews
Nicola Buontempo
Thomas B. Stamatelos

Horseshoer
Robert L. Ellis

Wagoners
William Moore

2d Lieut. William .\. Jones

David G. Cox
Michael Rarioppi
Robert C. Phillips
Adolph Davis
Harrj' J. VanGeffen

Privates — First Class
Raymond I.. Beaty
Fayette N. Broughman
Harold H. Gassmann
George H. Hunt. Jr.
Peter J. Jachetti
WiUiam A. F.Kuemmel
Orville Kurtz
.\ugust Meyer
Manuel Montoya
Joe Owen
Fred C. Powell
Henr>' H. Prina
Frederick Scholz
Charles E. Tracy

2d Lieut. Donald MacAskill

Garr\- \'an Dongen

Buglers
-Angelo C. Salerno
John A. Naylor

Privates
John Byard
Buttler Chapmann
William B. Colgan, Jr.
Coleman Connei^, Jr.
Joe DWngelo
Louis H. Eckhardt
Biagie Fredella
Bernard Friedman
Charlie B. Fuller
Horace L. Gatlin
Hatry Glass
Claud B. Green
Raffale Guarracino
Harrv L. Hamilton

George Humblias
.\ugust H. Kelinske
George M. Krieger
Charley Lingren
John Lombardi
Salvatore Longobardi
Charles J. Lunau
.■\rchie H. Mc.\lpine
Leo G. Marchman
.\lfredo L. Martinez
Eldon J. Mereness
.\nthony Mikulonies
Elgar L. Moore
Dennis Mungoili
Norman R. Needhara
Timothy J. O'Brien
Floyd T. Pace
.\rchie H. Pittman
Martino Ridolfe
Abe Rockaway
Louis Stepanski

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COMPANY "C," 218th ENGINEERS

1st Lieut. Kenneth Q. Volk

2nd Lieut. Isaac F. Betts

2nd Lieut. Frank G. Kelly

2nd Lieut. William M. Schlecht

Sergeants — First Class

Homer DeHart
William E. Burtoft

Sergeants

William L. Blacknell
John A. Shepard
Robert J. Roach
Charles C. Steen
Robert J. Peppers

Corporals

Timothy F. O'Hearn
Mike Curtin
William D. Taylor
Levi K. Corthell
John E. Warden
Thomas 0. HoUeran
N'incent P. Sweeney
Charles W. Cromer

1st Sergeant George A. Smith
Supply Sergt. Mark S. Shmooskes

Mess Sergt. Guy LeRoy Wallace
Stable Sergt. Michael J. Ryan

Addison D. Davis
George L. Theiss
Albert A. Tomaszewski

Cooks

John Baisi

Joseph D. A. Houle

Lewis T. Craig, Jr.

Wagoners

James H. Mays
William Carman
Mark J. Lovern
Bucie T. Lovvry

Privates— First Class

Dight Balfour
Otto H. Berg
James Boatright
John G. Davis

Christian F. Jensen
Martin Kukulski
Donald G. Mitchell
Jason A. Newton
Ceasar Quaglieri
Edward L. Schlein
Frank W. Stolte
Harold P. Straus
Paul H. White

Buglers

Bert C. Ebel
Leo J. Callahan

Privates

Louis J. Amish
\'incenzo Astuto
Ernest E. Baals
Nicholas J. Barbieri
Samuel B. Brandt
James J. Cahill

Casimiro Chiarello
Jim Colvin
Antonio Cunha
Frank James Cunningham
George M. Denham
Lorenzo DiBello
Edward K. Dugat
Carl L. Esau
John C. Fabriguze
Thomas A. Fitzsimon
George D. Gartling
William F. Grover
Joseph P. Hannigan
Robert Harrington
Jess H. Holland
Pasquale lazzetta
Arthur M. Johnson
Adriano Laurienti
Hainy Lesser
Ollie F. McConnell
Patrick J. McHugh

Aaron J. Mattox
Michael J. Nestor
Harry J. Oldt
Charles T. Reynolds
Aubra Robinson
Robert R. Basi
R. Rosella
Albert J. Roth
George I. Sandusky
James Sesta
William G. Springer
Lester R. Stocker
James A. Strubler
Ulysses C. Talley
Posey G. Trusler
Leonard W. VanArsdale
Curtis Wagner
Albert Welden
George C. Whitehead, Jr.
James R. Williams

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2nd Lieut. Eugene F. Gier
2nd Lieut. John M. Byers

COMPANY "D," 218th ENGINEERS

2nd Lieut. Roland D. Pierson
2nd Lieut. Julian C. Spotts

2nd Lieut. William L. Reynolds
First Sergeant August F. Voeltz

Sergeant — First Class
Walter H. Lyon

Sergeants
Jesse Groves
Theodore Johnson
Michael F. Sullivan
Sidney J. Ferguson, Jr.
\'ictor B. Smith
Elmer Alexander Drury

Mess Sergeant
Charles E. Sequine

Stable Sergeant
Sofus P. Sorensen

Corporals
Clyde St. J. Hoyt
Oscar Fugman
Thomas A. Ferguson
John L. Lewis

Joe H. Williamson
Nix Webb

William R. Townsend
Earl J. Mattis
Earnest A. Oakley
John J. Murray
William J. Bastian
Stephen W. Boyle
William J. A. Donovan

Cooks
Joseph Stachowiak
Herman A. Wolf
Ross W. Cunningham

Privates — First Class
W'illiam Bell
Max J. Burnstine
Ward Conklin
Roy H. Daugherty
Frank M. Emerson

James Lee Gossard
Harry Hansman
Isadore Levy
Albert E. Lyle
Anthony P. Maresca
Francesco A. Pennell
Richard J. Pound
Joseph L. Simpkins
August Winter
George W' inters

Bugler
John H. Kauffman

Privates
William G. Butler
John A. Cancro
Cataldo Castello
Giuseppe Cataldo
Hyman Cohen
Frank Crucioli
Charles M. Daglian

Umberto D'Emidio
Dominick Detro
John E. Dowdle
Arthur W. Doyle
John Drummond
Antonio Filiaci
Ralph H. Fink
Constantine Fiori
Julian Flood
Constantine Georgaris
Alfred Hackitt
Berlin Hansen
John E. Hanson
Clyde W. Harris
I John W. Hart
! Paul James
' Earl Joslin
Frederick L. Kempf
Henry Kenimer
George J. Lawrence
Neshan Melkonian

Antonio Menartsij
Herbert Q. Mordecai
John J. Muszynski
Herman E. Myers
Jerome J. O'Brien
Charles G. O'Grady
Charles Pack
John R. Reilly
Ecro Rodriquez
Harry Rosenthall
Carlyle Rudolph
Wilbert Schmidt
Lewis Schwartz
Frank Scielzo
William N. Schakelford
Lawrence T. Sullivan
John Swiantowski
Edd Taub
William Vonderheit
Martin W. Walsh
Julius Zouwtsky

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1st Lieut. Joseph A. Dodge

COMPANY "E," 218th ENGINEERS

Captain Clifford J. Thiebaud
2nd Lieut. James R. Hood

2nd Lieut. Ray N. Moore

Sergeants — First Class

William Henry
Charles F. Muggy

Sergeants

Leonard T. Chinn
Percy C. Hancock
James L. Robinson
Fred N. Thomas
Thomas R. Hunter

Corporals

Horace L. Snedeker
Jose N. Sequeire
Richard H. Kingsley
Glenn D. Torpey
William C. Morris
Thomas W. Loring
Benjamin A. Schannon

First Sergeant Mark A. Copeland
Mess Sergeant Leon M. Dunn

Supply Sergeant Alfred Zimmer
Stable Sergeant Joseph J. Reddy

William E. Bickel
Thomas A. E. Tellefson
Leonard C. VanDyke
Maurice J. Walls

Cooks
Anthony B. Baithmare
Emil Miebach
William Tierney

Wagoners
Charles Dunlap
William Carr
Edgar V. Umberger
Robert D. Fischer

Privates — First Class
Marvin G. Angle
Robert Wesley Apel
Roy .Augustus Cox
David Leonard Hanson

Wilber J. Higgins
William Ruby
Harold A. Schultz
Roy Seeds

Buglers

Dighton Little
Joseph Cimino

Privates

George Adelhoch
Giacomo Arturo
John T. Barry
Charles A. Beck
Arthur Broomes
Frank Butcher
Giacomo Caladera
Claude M. Denney
Adelbert B. Evans
Sam Evelle

William F. Fechtman
Alfonso G. Freda
Otto F. Fritsche
Anthony Gaggero
Ulysses H. Gibbs
John L. Goode
John G. Guenther
Edward Hascup
James Heade, Jr.
Charles A. Hippelli
Raymond F. Hoagland
James Jolly
Harry H. Kirchman
Grady C. Lacy
Nicholas McCardall
Cosimo Maiolo
Homer M. Morris
Francesco Neroni
Leonard L. Nickel
Robert D. Nugent
.Bert F. Omundson

Frank'O. Paicer
William K Peterson
Preston P. PoweU
Charles W. Rieley
Charles W. Rook
Joseph Rose
Anthony Rotandi
Herbert W. Russell
Frank Shanker
Dominick Spinoso
Preface F. Strickland
Henry R. Stroud
Ruben H. Stubbs
Charles Swann
Claud B. Swope
Earl D. Thayer
William S. Thompson
Edward Turner
Eugene S. Watson
Martin Wieczorkowski
Joseph Zinno

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COilPAXV 1, ' 218th ENGrNEERS
Capt. Herbert T. Gerrish

1st Lieut. Christopher Creighton

2nd Lieut. Harold S. Murray

2nd Lieut. Edwin B. Scott

1st Sergeant Gustave Heil

Sergeants — ^First Class

Mess Sergeant

James R. VanThun

Privates— First Class

Leo C. Maxwell

John H. Osborne

Houston T. Cory

Albert Knollhuff

Earl Toothman

Cooks
Edward Koch

Henrv' W. Lvnn

Sergeants

Stable Sergeant

Carleton B. Olmsted
James 0. V'each

Arch Gathright

George Lang

Louis B. Whitman

Adelbert E. Xelson

Othen Coris

Peter J. Sorvig
John F. Xiemic

Corporals

Wagoners

Buglers
Harold W. Bisel

Frank E. Kelly

Leslie E. Schuler

James T. Heather

John E. Townsend

Charles M. Edwards

John C. Sohn

Alfred H. Lisle

Privates

Walter J. Wieger

Merle E. Murphy

Fred L. .\nderson

Supply Sergeant

Stedman V. Wadmond

Harold Quakenbush

John A. Berger

Matt Siglenec

Harvey A. Simons

Russell W. Bernhard

Gilbert \V. Tessmer

Thomas F. Shevelier

CharUe C. Berr>-

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MEDICAL DETACHMENT, 218th ENGINEERS

Captain James L. Lubrecht
1st Lieut. Howard E. Marchbanks 1st Lieut. Charles E. McEntire

1st Lieut. Ralph Lovelady 1st Lieut. Howard H. Webster

Sergeants

Oscar Leonard Dahlin
Joseph A. Brady

Corporals
Lester W. Brenner

Private — First Class
Dennis Hogan

Privates

Joe W. Carter
Joseph Dagrossa
James A. Etheridge
William E. McAndrews
William A. Marriam
Meyer Millekofsky
Maddison F. Morgan
John M. Padgett
Vernon D. Ross
Floyd F. Sherrow
John Y. Winton

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218th FIELD SIGNAL BATTALION

Major Edward A. Olsen

Corporals
Chas. A. Larson
Alfred A. Menzel

HEADQUARTERSjigECTION
2nd Lieut. E. L. Widemire, Battalion Adjutant

Chauffeurs
Claud F. Oliver
Carl H. Thoreson

Privates — First Class
Floyd H. Barrett
Gervase L. Corbeil
Waldo M. Hathawav

Chaplain Herbert Haywood

Joseph W. Lax
Craft Saunders

Private
Joseph A. Specht

Sergeant — First Class
Chester W. Gracey

Chauffeur — First Class
Hugh J. Musgrove

SUPPLY SECTION
2nd Lieut. Wm. A. Lankton, Supply Officer

Chauffeur
Robert W. Calvert

Denzil R. Carr
Leslie F. Horton
Clay J. Stingley

Privates — First Class
John Q. Bandy

Privates
Tony Adams

Gleason M. Gregory
Donald D. Kennedy
Emil K. Polasek
Charles E. Morton

Sergeant — First Class
Clyde C. Womble

Sergeants
Charles R. Ater
Boyd A. Rainey
Albert E. Swartz

Corporals
Harry P. Cloud

COMPANY "A"
Captain Clarence A. Garrett

Sam N. Home
Charles F. Kraus
William L. Peterson
Maui ice E. Phillips
WiUiam R. Rivett

Privates — First Class
Royal B. Bown
Edison L. Fix

Max Geffen
Shipions Gianvecchio
James E. Hall
James B. McDonald
Fred A. McDonald
William G. Peck
Laurel Rock

Privates
Clayton L. Cross

MvTon V. Hall
John W. Haywood
Alfred Hubbard
William L. Melcher
Robert G. Reynolds
Joseph Tiperi
Richard \\TieeIer
Raymond T. Williamson

COMPANY "B"
1st Lieut. Cornelius A. Dougherty Jerome C. Cutting, Master Signal Electrician

Sergeants
Leo A. Mielke
Peter J. Simmons
Herbert S. Watts
John S. Wood

Corporals
Hugh E. Coppenbarger
Bennie L. Durham

R. Ivan Dubberly
Henry S. Gardner
OUver L. Johnson
Roland E. Miller
Edward Heeps

Privates — First Class
Chester O. Anderson
William E. Barrett

Norman E. Carter
Walter L. Dorndorfer
Thomas R. Dorsey
Robt. G. Feldkirchner
Rothwell D. Hatton
Mannie Meyer
Charles G. Nash
Henry A. Przybylski
Paul A. Roberts

Bernard J. \onderhcide
Joseph B. Vorhees

Privates
Frank G. Allison
Elmer Barrow
Jack E. Brewer
O'Farrell B. Craddock
Nels K. Dokken

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218th FIELD SIGNAL BATTALION

COMPANY "W'—Cmdinued

Thomas E. English
Taylor V. Coons
Jos. Emma

William E. Lamb
William F. McCrea
Forrest L. McKelvey

Milton F. Schrimsher
Fred C. SeU
WiUiam D. Thomas

Chas H. Wilkerson

Captain Robert G. Forsythe

COMPANY "C"
2nd Lieut. Frank H. Mulcahy

2nd Lieut. Wm. M. Gallagher

Sergeants — First Class
Harvey Alexander
George H. Fisher
Charles Huenlich
William A. Spring
John Trenchard

Sergeants
Clarence F. Dixon
Arnold H. Dykman
Stephen F. Manning
Harvey L. Myers
Joseph E. McKeever

Corporals
Benjamin E. Baker
Thomas H. Brown
Oscar V. Coburn
Walter H. Duff
Warren B. Garrott

Joseph B. Lossolo
Alonzo McCuUough, Jr.
David S. Martin
Lantz K. O'Dell
Warren A. Peterman
Robert H. Roseman
Clifford W. Willes
Justin P. Woolsey
Theodore Molitor

Cook
John B. Collar

Privates — First Class
Harold F. Althen
ESigar G. Berntson
Clinton P. Beugler
Victor A. Castle
Elmer J. Hansen
James H. Harris

Silas B. Helton
Edward A. Hutchmacher
Ray F. PuUen
Paul Ries
Wesley B. Sides
Blanchard K. Slaughter
Gilbert P. Snell
Robert I. Sward
Victor F. Zerega

Privates
John E. Allen
Walter Brandon
Fred G. Breemes
Roy A. Chastain
Uriah C. Davis
George W. Ennis
Lester Fullmer
William R. Harley
Newton Hamish

Andrew Hart
Leslie D. Hobbick
Herman L. Hutton
Glenn Johnson
Joseph C. Kaufer
Isador S. Knobler
John C. Krueger
Carl J. Markhus
Edward G. Mills
Rudolph Nelson
Nicolai L. Nicolaison
Oscar Olin
Jack Pierson
Thomas M. Price
James W. Sheffield
David Todd
Hoke S. Touchton
Leslie E. Waters
Willie R. Wilkerson
Leslie E. Y'erkes

Sergeant — First Class
John Henderson, Jr.

MEDICAL DETACHMENT

Captain Harry F. Bennett

Sergeant
Joseph T. Hamilton

Private
Ruel B. Foley

PIGEON SECTION

"''Sergeant
Jesse E.' Martin

Chauffeurs
Everett N. Jackson
Henry J. Perez

Private
Douglass L, Coffee

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EIGHTEENTH AMMUNITION TRAIN

Every State and Five Nationalities Represented

WHAT may be termed the rainbow unit of Camp
Travis is the Eighteenth Ammunition Train.
Every State in the Union is represented in its
enlisted personnel or among its officers, and there are five
nationalities besides. The train consisted of thirty-seven
officers and one hundred and ninety-one enlisted men, and
came into existence September 19, 1918. Major Herbert
R. Dean, a military man of nineteen years' experience, the
majority of which was spent as an officer in the Rhode
Island National Guard cavalry, was then appointed its
commander.

A majority of the officers were from the 30.3rd and 304th
Cavalry Regiments, Major Dean him-
self having served with the cavalry
on the Mexican border in 1916 and
later with the 304th Cavalry at Cam])
Stanley. Twenty-eight officers had
also been connected with National
Guard organizations and the average
term of their service was about five
and one-half years.

During the first week of the train's
existence eleven officers and sixty-
eight men from the field artillery
school at Camp Zachary Taylor re-
ported for duty. As additional officers
reported they were required to join
the class in equitation, which met
every afternoon. The afternoons were
spent in motor instruction at the
motor repair shops. The object was
to train the officers as efficiently for
horse artillery as for the horseless
branch, so that they might be in-
terchangeable if the occasion re-
quired.

With the transfer of ten additional
officers and seventy-eight enlisted
men from various organizations within
the division. Major Dean was enabled
to organize two battalions. Captain
Harvey Christman was appointed
commander of the motor battalion,
and Captain Park A. Findlay took
command of the horse outfit.

Realizing the necessity of rapid
progress, the training of the unit was intensive from
the outset. First came the course in equitation, during
which the men were taught to handle and manage their
animals. At the same time several hours daily were
devoted to motor instruction. This was largely theo-
retical for a time, as trucks had not arrived.

Renewed enthusiasm was given the men of the command
when a number of motor trucks were delivered to the
motor battalion about November 15th. This was an im-
portant occasion and the manner in which the motor me-
chanics and chauffeurs handled themselves when given
equipment was an excellent demonstration of the efficiency
of the Trade Test department. The men selected for the
operation of the trucks had been obtained through the

trade tests and after being qualified had been transferred
from their various units to the motor battalion of the
ammunition train. In a short time these motor mechanics
and drivers acquired the efficiency of veterans and made
exceptional records in the care, maintenance and o])eration
of their vehicles. Good records for speed in handling the
pieces by motor power was made by the men.

Meantime, the men of the horse Imttalion were im-
proving their time. Not to be outdone by the motor bat-
talion personnel, they were working hard to acquire horse-
manship. Particular stress was laid on team work in the
various squads and excellent results were obtained. The
men received warm commendation
from their officers on the condition
of their equipment and their gen-
eral soldierly appearance and bear-
ing. During this period also the
business organization of the train
was being perfected by Sergeant-
Major Albert J. Pope with the
assistance of Regimental Sergeant
Benjamin H. Keney, so that all
matters were administered with
promptness and despatch.

While the efficiency and morale of
the enlisted personnel were being
raised to a high standard, atten-
tion was also being given to the
social welfare of the officers. This
was accomplished through the estab-
lishment of the Officers Club which
was formally opened with a recep-
tion and dance early in November.
Several delightful informal affairs
have been given from time to time
at the club, during which its hos-
pitality was extended to officers of the
Eighteenth Division as well as their
friends and relatives. The club rooms
were tastefully equipped and made
as cosy and comfortable as any in
the army camps.

One of the proudest achievements
of the command has been its fitness
for duty at all times since it reached
the acme of its training. At no
time has its work been interfered with on account
of serious sickness of the enlisted men or officers. In
spite of the rigorous training, the men throve and be-
came as hard as pine knots. No casualties were recorded
and at no time did death darken the portals. The spirit
of the organization has been beyond criticism, and in
the estimation of their officers the conduct and loyalty
of the men has fully justified expectations. The acid
test of morale and high discipline came with the sign-
ing of the armistice with Germany. With a few ex-
ceptions, the esprit de corps was maintained, and
it is stated that work went on in the battalions with
the same eagerness and avidity to acquire knowledge
in militarv science as had been manifested from the outset.

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Major Herbert R. Dean
Captain Adam Fisher

18th AMMUNITION TRAIN

Captain Horace Smith
Captain Harvey Christian

Captain Robert Y. Gearhart
Captain Park A. Findley

2nd Lieut. William H. Griswold

Captain Edward B. Crook

Regimental Sergeant Major Albert J. Pope

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY

Regimental Sergeant Benjamin H. Keney
Battalion Sergeant Major John E. Belcher

Sergeant
Walter J. Saupe

Corporals
John C. Mayne, Jr.

Vemie A. Harris
Fern W. Gordon
Elbert W. Meyers

Cook
Waiie E. Bums

Regimental Supply Sergeant John A. Lavigne

Wagoner
Ben Douglas

Mechanic
Bertie I. Glidewell

Sergeant
Fount Speaks

HEADQUARTERS CO. HORSE BATTALION
Captain Claude C. Halley

Corporals
Conrad H. .\nderson

Perrj' M. Gilbreath
George R. Johnson

Cook
Charlie L. Mettler

MEDICAL DETACHMENT
Captain Daniel Grant 1st Lieut. James H. Bruce

Sergeant — First Class Privates

Clarence Eidam

Robert H. Rettman

Max Silberman

1st Lieut. Phillip W. Gross

ORDNANCE DETACHMENT

1st Lieut. Howell M. Harris

2nd Lieut. Clarence M. Burt

Private— First Class
Henry Heyward

Privates
Anthony Casson
Anthony L. Coletta

William J. Collins
Clarence F. Co.x
Nathaniel L. ElUngsen
Frank A. Fisher
Domenick Fortinpere
Fred L. Foster

Harr>' Galatko
Emery J. King
Damase A. Larche
John M. Liberty
Harry B. Maywalt
John J. McLoughlin

David R. NicoU
Marvin D. Orr
Steve Scimemi
Matteo Sugamele

COMPANY "A"

Sergeant
Brown Lipscomb

Corporals

Edwin C. Northup
Martin C. Thomae
Michael H. Brand
Joseph Snyder

1st Lieut. Michael Grimaldi
2nd Lieut. Percival C. Colket

Fred M. Robinson
John S. Runnels

Cook
Ernest H. Reed

Privates — First Class
Arthur F. Anderson

1st Sergeant Lowell F. Williams
Supply Sergeant Joseph W. Day

Fred Barr
PhiUip A. Bolton
Homer H. Freidline
John E. BeaU
Harry Manchester
Luther Smothers

Privates
HoUie C. Baker

Joseph B. Boarman
James S Cannon
Fred DeBrae
Clifford C. Gregory
Robert L. Harrison
Walter H. Martin
Thomas G. Phinney
Hjalmar Swanson
William B. Tysinger

Captain William A. Erwin

Sergeants
William Bums
Cecil F. Cantley

Corporals
Otto O. Hess
Archie W. Pyle
William H. Deppe

COMPANY "B"

2nd Lieut. William J. Conway 2nd Lieut. James P. O'Connell

Frank P. Goffinet
Raymond Harrison
Howard Oliphant
Arthur E. Schelper
William U. Coughian

Private — First Class
Christian Goetzinger

Privates
Marshall I. Boarman
James Ford
Williams J. Greenwald
Howard W. Hoffman
Cecil C. Lower\-
Oran S. McMurray
Samuel N. Morin

1st Sergeant Elwood Fuller

Amo W. Reinhold
George H. Rohling
Bennie H. Schramm
John Schmitt
Dewey F. Yates
William M. Yohe

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Captain Jonas A. Benton
Sergeant
Edwin W. Brumm

Corporals

Horace A. Adkins
Clayton C. GifiSn
Sidney T. Searcy

COMPANY "C"
1st Lieut. Justin L. Doyle 2nd Lieut. James Drummond

Private — First Class
James W. Knox

Privates

Chas. C. Anderson
August L. Cableduc
Felix H. Campbell

Laurin P. Cofltey
William Eberle
Prentice E. Gardner
Walter L. Greer
John B. Hoit
Merlin E. Jones
Frank Kolasa
Jesse C. Lindsey

1st Sergeant Lynn J. Steincamp

Gustav E. Mueller
Lewis Odell
John J. Patterson
John H. Posner
Gary E. Purcell
Edward Roehrig

Captain Robert L. Kennedy

Sergeant
Perry A. Gillespie

Corporals

Chas. C. Bollinger
Lester A. Dye
John L. Griffis

COMPANY "D"
2nd Lieut. Ralph R. Griebenow 2nd Lieut. John D. Mills, Jr.

Mechanic
Edward T. Wood
Privates — First Class
William S. Baglcy
Carel Moore

Privates
George F. BeU

Michael Cardamone
James A. Cashion
Russel A. Edwards
Halbert Farr
Ira GiU

Grover F. Grosse
Claude H. Holley
James W. Jackson
George D. Jermain

Supply Sergeant Shad Shelton

William H. Kent
Robert L. Lahey
Ben A. Lamb
Warren E. Livingston
Heitz B. Moore
Edgar E. Morris
Henry C. Rattunde
George Tetlow

1st Lieut. Charles B. Clarke
2nd Lieut. George C. Coe

Sergeant
Samuel H. Currence

Corporal

Dee Bray

Cooks
Archie Roach
Roy Mawson

COMPANY "E"

Captain James P. William

2nd Lieut. Roy Gotthold Mess Sergeant Daniel A. Snider

1st Sergeant George W. Cunningham Supply Sergeant William H. Miller

Mechanic Privates — First Class Privates

Chas. E. Lemmler
Horseshoer

Carl L. Andersen

Saddler
Nikola .\ndrich

James W. Fogarty
Rufus H. Kimbro
Edwin Pehl
Emmitt Sanders
Theo. P. Thorton '
Benjamin H. Vandevender

Edward Grordon
Nile F. Smith

Claude B. Steelman

1st Lieut. John C. Stevens

Sergeants
Carl Kennedy
George B. Bosley

Corporals
Fred E. Denton
Alvert I. Masters

COMPANY "F"
Captain Harry J. Hinck
1st Lieut. William H. Ragsdale 2nd Lieut. James M. Conneally

Wagoner
John E. Lahay
Bugler

Chas. H. Smullen
Chas. R. Spalding

Cook
Henry C. Pitts

Mechanic
Edward S. Van Oss

James E. Downing

Privates — First Class
Frank Bohler

1st Sergeant Chas. E. Crawford

Robert O. Franklin
Owen J. Haney
Abe Richards
Frank B. Willhite

2nd Lieut. James Wadman
Sergeant
Carroll Stewart

Corporals
Peter F. Fairo

COMPANY "G"
Captain Ben Davis Locke
2nd Lieut. Vernon E. Rankin 1st Sergeant Andrew J. Brown

Henery E. Bryant
Walter H. Fudge
James L. Pate

Horseshoer
George Albert

Saddler
Louis G. Zopf

Wagoners
Frank M. Ecker
Herman F. Hellbusch
Fritz A. Kunkel

Supply Sergeant H. E. Smith
William F. Young

Privates — First Class
Marshall Hartline
Walter McMasters
Albert E. Winebrinnet

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COMPANY "A," 18th MILITARY POLICE

Captain Charles B. Owen
1st Lieut. Garleton T. Hennessey

Captain Ruel E. Davenport
2nd Lieut. John Mannix First Sergeant Walter E. Walker

Sergeants

Fred Boyd

James E. Humphreys
Thomas E. Kearney
John H. Morgan
Jeling E. Rolando
Leonard G. Blackwood

Corporals

Lem P. Barkman
David S. Kauffman
James H. WeUs

Privates— First Class

Frank C. Campbell
George W. Case

Orman T. Earnest
Zachary George
Frank A. Jones
WiUis G. Loftin
Malcolm J. McDonald
Simon P. McGuire
Edward F. Mulhtrn
Coy Perkins
Walter B. Seale
Basil Simmons
Paul M. Sims
Owen Stapleton
Silas A. Stephenson
Luther C. Thomas
Joseph A. Thompson
Irvan Walker
Lee R. Watkins
Dixon Willis

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18th SANITARY TRAIN

1st Lieut. F. M. Miles, S.C.

2nd Lieut. Garth C. FuUer, Q.M.C.

Sergeant — First Class
Crisp McMeans

Sergeants
Chester H. Kautz
Irving C. McPherson

HEADQUARTERS
Major E. L. Goar, M.C.

2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.

Richard W. Spear
Percy W. Woolum

Wagoner
Herbert Cowen

Arthur Van Dercreek, Q.M.C.
Charles Parrish, V.C.

Privates — First Class
Harold M. Johnson

Privates
Thomas E. Bogan
Andrew R. Pool

HEADQUARTERS FIELD HOSPITAL

Captain Frank H. Shaw
Sergeant Gustav H. Grothe

FIELD HOSPITAL NO. 269

Captain Reuben A. Bogia, M.C.
Captain Dana O. Norton, M.C.

Captain W. B. Campbell, M.C.
1st Lieut. Wallace P. Martin, M.C.

Sergeants — First Class
Harry Mott
William A. Phelps

Sergeants
Hubbard J. Kent
Everett G. Perry
Edward C. Routh
Willard Stong
Billie C. Bukowski

Cooks
Harry L. Goodall
Steven H. Tackett

Farrier
William J. Clarkson

Horseshoer
Edgar P. Smith
Mechanic
Carl F. Hermann

Privates — First Class
Bartholomew Farrel
James J. Gleeson
Clarence G. Grenseman
William A. Huffhines
Charles J. Mares
Chester Tackett

Privates
.■\rthur Y. Alexander

Frank P. .\nderson
Liehugh Baker
Joseph A. Banks
Clarence W. Berg
James F. Campbell
Albert A. Campbell
William L. Carlstrom
John Christenson
James A. Christy
William F. Cook

Phil S. Corkery
Mathias M. Ditscheit
Christ S. Kumbardus
Francis Major
James McNally
Eduard E. Pauli
Fred G. Schmeling
John Tucker
Carroll H. Whitford

FIELD HOSPITAL NO. 270
Captain Frank H. Shaw, M.C. Commanding
Captain Richard E. Shurtz, M.C. Captain Clarence L. Miller, M.C. 1st Lieut. Victor M. Longmire, M.C.

Sergeants — First Class

Grover M. Sullivan
John E. Weeks

Sergeants

WiUiam H. Grubbs
Walter D. Bevins
Richard J. Crow
Charles P. Jenkins

Corporals

Carl H. Hempelman
Joseph T. Navitsky
John P. Pena
Cooks
Otto J. Meotti
Loyal G. Perry
Mechanic
William C. Garwood

Privates — First Class

Matthew Banks
Sidney E. Duncan
James T. Hinshaw
Jacob Lebsock
John W. McCord
Louis V. Olson
David A. Stoops

Privates

Lawrence W. .\ndres
Stephen Arnoldy
John P. Bradley
John J. Brashear
Albert E. Carlson
Robert O. Carlson
Robert B. Coffin
Calogiro A. DiBuono

Harry A. Erickson
Herman G. Fowler
Rocco Gorgano
Edwin Headley
James V. Kugler
.\ddison S. McCandless
Daniel P. McCorgary
Wallace E. Newman
Chris A. Olsen
John Remiszewski

FIELD HOSPITAL No. 271
1st Lieut. Frederick A. Blesse, M.C. Commanding
1st Lieut. Silas S. Mohrman, M.C. 1st Lieut. Vincent J. O'Conor, M.C.

1st Sergeant Frank A. Welch ■ 1st Drill Sergeant Paul VanKeuren Supply Sergeant Oscar H. Epling

Mess Sergeant Joseph Smierzchalski

Sergeants

Elmer A Fisher
Earl B. Shaw
William H. Scott

Corporal
Royce V. Isely

Cooks

Ale.'c. F. Litza
Nick Kinzbach

Privates — First Class
James A. Brown
Robert B. Cleveland
Halfred W. Elliott
Steve Kovar

Stephen E. Marvin
Robert H. Patrick
Frank S. Plummer
Harrison Pruitt
Andrew Wierzbicki
Wiliam H. Schmidt
John R. Schroeder
Ralph J. Sicher
Claudie B. Woodrome

Privates

Cecil D. Barger
James E. Bunker
William A. Carson
Gabriello Dalpoggetto
Harris C. Edds
Simon P. Graf
Charles Headley

Aaron N. Helms
Henry E. Kennedy
Emery Leist
David R. Morton
Elmer G. Nordquist
Thomas R. Reeves
Walter J. Schultz
Edward J. Ward
Samuel Watkins, Jr.

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18th SANITARY TRAIN

FIELD HOSPITAL No. 272
1st Lieut. Bascom H. Palmer, M. C, Commanding
1st Lieut. John J. Minahan, M. C. 1st Lieut. Howard H. Webster, M.C.

1st Sergeant Ernest P. Johnson

Sergeants — First Class

Carl E. Kennedy
Simon Magner

Sergeants
Raymond C. Odell
Jesse B. Cimimins
Joseph T. Walling
.Xlexander Pauley
Walter A. Schultz
Leo L. Cummings

Corporals
Charles W. Sullivan
Thomas H. Tally
Lester H. Seery

Cooks
Charles D. McClellon
Gustaf E. Stromberg

Mechanic
John A. Palmer

Privates — First Class
Glen R. Burchfield
Lawrence C. Hann
Harold J. Mathis
Frank E. Morrow
Earl M. Stake

Privates
Thomas R. Ackley
.\rthur A. Buntrock
Thomas C. Belden

Elmer C. Castor
Newton C. Cleghorn
Clyde Creason
Charles V. Danielson
Mike Gubas
Andrew J. Grey
WiUiam Griffiths
John M. Hart
Harm E. Henkel
Robert B. Johnson
Samuel N. Lotrean

George P. O'Keefe
Byrd H. Pinnell
Galvin T. Rhoden
Earl Roper
.•Vlex. W. Scheffler
Joseph F. Sis
Francis L. Werner

HEADQUARTERS AMBULANCE SECTION

Major Francis O. Barrett
Acting Director, Sergeant John J. Mullen

1st Lieut. H. 0. Brown

Sergeants — First Class
John B. Merryman
William F. Chase

Sergeants
Lynus J. Parker
Barnard M. Simmons
Alvin W. Buckley
George T. Nutter
Russel McLaucks
Byron W. Ballantyne
Fred Reed
George A. Swen

Corporals
.\llois A. Weinhold
Henry M. Wampler
Benjamin W. Kraus

Cooks
Herman G. Haack
Edward H. Mosely
Howard L. Smith

Horseshoers
Lem D. Barnard
Roy L. Lansing

Farrier
Ermann R. Meeler

Saddler
Charles Soukaetis

Mechanic

Willie E. Lowe

Wagoners

John E. Barber

AMBULANCE COMPANY 269

1st Lieut. H. Cammeron May

Harry Beavers
Welbom F. Broigitti
Homer J. Bryant
Purdee E. Byerly
Albert B. Calvert
Olof M. Clemenson
Alfie W. Cooksey
John W. Fletcher
Edgar L. Lee
Samuel Moench
Charles Noske
Jim E. Ripley
Andrew C. Rogers
Harry W. Siebert
James W. Taylor
AUen C. Ward
Fred Wendt, Jr.

1st Lieut. George E. Paullus

Privates — First Class

William Cogdell
Roy Cottrell
Clarence L. Eberwein
Earl H. Gholson
Ward H. Lawrence
Dan Stockbridge
Don J. Wadell
Ralph Wenzel

Privates

Eugene C. Adams
Makis Beneares
Egista Depoli
Eugene C. Ellison

Eric O. Ericson
Richard G. Gundle
Thomas Healy
Emmet J. Heisch
Thomas J. Howells
Walter H. Ludmg
Roy M. Lund
James McCook
Stephen Mendock
Nels J. Nelson
Carpio Padilla
Fred L. Page
Clyde M. Odom
Lloyd Robison
Wallace F. Scripcavage
Harold K. Rulon
Fred W. Snyder

Sergeants — First Class

Edward Lacy
Alfred J. Sanders

Sergeants
Chas. E. Armstrong
Alfred T. Atkins
Samuel Bishop
James E. Jones
Glen N. McGrady
Corbett Shultz

AMBULANCE COMPANY 270

Major Francis O. Barrett, M. C, Commanding
Capt. E. Jamieson, M. C. 1st Lieut. Treau P. Lynch, M. C.

Corporals

Jesse AUdredge
Leslie C. Sheppard
Alto. Stevenson
Paul E. Tech

Cooks

Roger M. Binker
John D. Miller
Albert Woodard

Mechanic
William E. Schultz
Privates — First Class

Arthur J. Beachner
Foulton Y. Faulkner
Robert C. Fretwell
John H. Hegemann
William M. Hamilton
Harry H. Hoffman
Edward Marmaro

Continued on page 310

Privates

Harvey B. Brooks
Ervin C. Daniels
Henry C. Disney
James Dunbar
Perry A. England
Chas. M. Fanshire
John H. Griffin
Harry A. Hayden
Herman J. Head
Earl Henderson

Dock M. Hutchens
William P. Leach
Oscar S. McDonald
Knute W. Nelson
Earl E. Randies
Pedro Silva
Uel B. Smith
Ezeiquel Suazo
John W. Walsh
Houston I. Wheeler
William G. Witte
Everett N. Wrinkle

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1st Lieut. J. D. Mclver

Sergeants
M. A. Gilboy
J. A. Damptz
Ed. Allen

Sergeants

James C. Barnes
Karl F. Bley
Frederick A. Brown
Herman A. Eiben
Swan L. Larson
Henry L. Schawe

Sergeants

Earl C. Conners
Francis Limberger

Corporals

Chas. Denlin
Homer H. Mann

18th SUPPLY TRAIN
COMPANY "A"
Captain Rowland G. Taylor
2nd Lieut. O. L. Mize First Class Sergeant F. W. Hall

Corporals
D. P. Finn
W. W. Lee
W. M. LeRoy
J. E. Marrion
H. Prado

Wagoner
C. F. Smith

Privates — First Class
E. A. Bender
C. D. Bixler

Supply Sergeant C. R. Arrick

C. H. Koch
F. L. Lamb

Privates
L. D. Briggs
R. G. Parshall

COMPANY "B," 18th SUPPLY TRAIN
2nd Lieut. Herbert J. Flaherty First Class Sergeant Alvin M. Vaughter

Corporals

Howard A. .'Vmbron
Raymond L. Chaney
John G. Faust
V. Kenneth Galey
Woody Greenwell
Paul J. Hayes
Robert V. Henn

COMPANY "C,'

2nd Lieut. Joseph J. Beatty

John H. Peipenhagen
Frank Sowasky
Jacob Toepfer
E. P. Barber
Frank Holubec

Privates — First Class.
Carl O. Benson

Frank F. Hirsch
Grover C. Jones
Leslie L. Knox
Henry Kurtzmann
Henry W. Manz
Paul G. Maeding
Shirley S. Marten
Edward E. Merzdorf
Arthur M. McCarthy

ISth SUPPLY TRAIN

2nd Lieut. Wm. F. Biddison

Robert R. Cameron
Bryant S. Cronk
Jolin Danzinger
Pleas E. Dye
Walter L. James
Joseph M. Novak
Walter L. Plumer
Hoy E. Phipps

Edmund Neva
James F. Pleming
Earle W. Reeves

Cook
Charles Spiegel

Private — First Class
Earl J. Ward

Wm. A. Schuetze
John B. Stewart
Eugene F. Wheeler
Jephtha P. Wilson
Trueman E. Smith

Bugler

Joseph A. Preston

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18th SUPPLY TRAIN

COMPANY

"D"

2nd Lieut. J. M. Thompson

2nd Lieut. Carl E. Chaddick

Sergeants

Corporals

Chas. A. Frobish
Woody Greenwell

Privates
Robert Haile

Tom 0. McCoy

William J. Wetzel

Herbert A. McClaugherty

Robert Graver

Martin L. Rullman

Michael Sutner

J. Ciconascolo

Shigley

Clifford V. . Harrow

Cook

Rouss Eastham

I. P. Palmer

Loy M. ;11

Geo. I. Sims

Floyd S. Ellison

Clarence Willis

Frank Hciuucc

Henry Gierke

Gus B. Henderson

Ewell P. Barber

Mechanic

Martin L. Dyer

Charlie I. Taylor

Paul F. Amling

Andrew M. Jones

COMPANY "E,"

' 18th SUPPLY TRAIN

2ndJLieut. George E. Turner

First Class Sergeant Samuel H. Thompson

Sergeants

Corporals

Roy Tyler
William R. Wagner

Floyd Chase
John J. Conroy

Raymond W. Clyde
David J. Casler

John P. Foran
Lloyd M. Fowler

Privates— First Class

Jose G. Garza
Robert G. Merkle

Steven J. Cross

Edward P. Hofman

Harlow Seaton

G. L. Newman

Weldon K. Knowles

Raymond E. Johnson

Fred H. Brundridge

Paul Patterson

John C. McCollum

Charles Patterson

David J. Cadwallader

Walter G. Steffler

Me\er Schwartz

Julius 0. Sheffield

Ray W. Chandler

Harry Teagle

COMPANY "F,"

18th

SUPPLY TRAIN

2ndXieut. Arthur Weesely

2nd Lieut. Harry Butler

Sergeants

Corporals

Privates— First Class

Willie W. McCandless
Bohumil J. Novy

V'alentine E. Lidecker

Maximilian Dupuoy

Evarv J. Broussard

Privates

Leo J. Bright

Edward E. Dressener

Jay C. Ellis

Tohn M. Fawcett

Melvin K. Ga>mon

Eber L. Harris

Paul L. Pfyffer

blaf E. E. Stromberg

Frank J. Litz

Henry Whittle

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HKAUQUARTERS DETACHMENT, ISth UIVISION

Frank J. Connelly

Hospital Sergeant

James H. Hatch

Regimental Sergeant Majors

Claude Bell
Wilbur Evans
Harold E. Hess

Battalion Sergeant Majors

Clifford Harry
Stanley McMurtiie
Joseph Murrin

Sergeants — First Class

Clifford L. Anderson
Kirby A. Bussey
Clvde Boston
Phillip Bedore
Sherman Baker

American Field Clerks
M. N. Kaplan S W. Fenn

Ben Lichtenstein

Pelham Converse
Robert Clinton
Elliot Tucker
Ellis Holbert
Thomas E. Koggin
Elmo E. Sneger

Sergeants

Mark Collier
Leggeth Carroll
Sam Engel
Walter Hallmark
Ovide Isabelle
Marvin Jones
Clyde Kennon
Joe R. Nash
Emmitt Presnall
Elliot Seeligson
Ross Staley

Corporals

Oscar A. Anderson
Lawrence Bentley
Albert Breyer
Henry Bracks
Victor Carpenter
Maurice Leahy
Samuel Martin
William Miles
Thomas W. Reilly

Privates — First Class

William J. Breckenridge
Ffed Boggs
Harold Caruthers
Miguel Cisneros
Abe Eckhart
Hubert E. Vineyard
Cooper E. Wvatt .

James Keefe
Donald B. Laverett
Chester H. Shiflet

Privates

Frank Beuton
Grade Calloway
Jackson B. Edwards
Herbert Murphy
Ronald Verberne
Knut E. Westerlind
Sam Wood
Walter Johnson
John J. Kennedy
Gustave M. Lange
James E. Porter
Olmond L. Poultry
Leonard Sitterle
Myles Thomas

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BAKERY COMPANY NO. 375

1st Lieut. Thomas R. Movie
2nd Lieut, .\lbert G. Smith Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas L. Evert

Sergeants

Lawrence M. Schomburger
V'ernon R. King
Milton R. Hardwick
Lawrence J. Burch
James B. Walden
Earl A. .Ackley
Ernest J. Roth
Rub Humphrey
Italo Martinelli
Edward V. Wise
William E. Southern
William L. Zone
Robert Damron
George M. Frederick
Alfred G. Dietzel
Charlie G. Holzwonh
Duke C. Edge
Lonnie E. Ferrell
Clarence Frederick
Robert Burnett
Horace O. Beckham

Corporals

Carl L. Beene
Warren C. White
Harrj- O. Moore
-\lbert L. Johnson
James Rourke

Lee M. Gotcher
James A. Roberson
Patrick J. Corbett
Roger Council
Albert W. Griffin
Ray Lemmons
Thomas J. James
Travis S. Connor

Cooks

John C. Deacon
Ong C. Wong

Privates — First Class

James H. Birkes
Joe Bridges
Joe \. Carson
Joe J. Caufal
Henry .\. Clark
Jesse C. Elliott
WiUiam H. Fant
John W. Ferrell
.\lbert F. Finney
Hughlon Foshee
Roy Foster
Eanes Garrett
Marshall P. Gresham
Jesse B. Hardwick
WiUiam T. Harris

Durward B. Hawpe
William W. Hortman
Joe Kavecki
Fred Koch
Cortez A. McDaniel
John Offield
Clarence R. Parish
Henry Russell

Privates
Jasper .\tkinson
Leonard R. .\shton
James B. Carroll
Sam F. Felkner
Max A. Floerke
Frank H. Friday
John E. Hill
Loy J. Hairston
Frank Hladik
Walter D. Johnson
Johnnie C. Knott
Fritz C. Letterman
William A. Long
Charlie Monschke
John M. Moore
Dinks H. Pitts
Theodorus Uianakopolos
Gus Volos

Wilbur W. WaUerstedt
Hugh L. Winger

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ARMY ROSTER, THE HOME
OF HARD WORK AND
PERSONAL SACRIFICE AND
THE FOUNDATION OF
OUR MILITARY SUCCESS

The 165th Depot Brigade

Organized August Twenty-ninth,
Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen

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THE 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

A Great Machine Which Made Misfits Fit, Banished Ignorance
and Trained Thousands of Fighting Men

THE One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Depot Brigade was
organized August 29, 1918, pursuant to General
Order No. 109, War Department, August 16,, 1917.
The purpose and function of this Depot Brigade was to
receive recruits sent by the various draft boards, clothe
them, feed and house them and give them the various
physical examinations and inoculations segregating the
unfit and contacts, and assigning the fit men to training
battalions; to prepare all the preliminary records, make
occupational and professional classification of men under
supervision of the Camp Personnel
Office; to organize development bat-
talions for the purpose of rendering
fit those men found temporarily unfit
for military duty; the assignment,
distribution and shipping of men to
organizations and stations under or-
ders from the War Department and
to give such basic training to the
recruit as time, circumstances and
the exigencies of service permitted.

The tables of organization pro-
vided for brigade headquarters with
a brigadier general in command,
"whose duties were the general super-
vision and command of the brigade.

The brigade was organized into
groups of six battalions each, these
groups being commanded by a colo-
nel, whose duties consisted of that
of instructor. He had general super-
vision of the instructing and train-
ing of his group. The group com-
mander of six battaUons exercised
no administrative functions as are
ordinarily exercised by regimental
commanders.

These groups of six battalions were
sub-divided into two groups of three
battalions each commanded by a lieu-
tenant colonel who served as an as-
sistant instructor to the colonel of his
double group. The lieutenant colo-
nel exercised no administrative func-
tions as are ordinarily exercised in
a regiment of three battalions.

The battalions consisted of a battalion headquarters
which was composed of the major, the adjutant, the supply
officer and ten enlisted men, and four companies composed
of six officers and 250 enlisted men. The function of all
of the battalion officers was peculiar by nature to a Depot
Brigade in addition to all the other duties called for in a
regimental organization.

Introducing the Well-Known "Bull Pen" and
a Few Forms and Examinations

The local board having selected the quota of the recruits
to the National Army, one of that number, a reliable man,
is placed in charge and is responsible for induction papers
and for their safe arrival at the mobilization camp. The
papers consist of Forms 1010 P. M. G. O., and 1029
P. M. G. O. (A and B). Form 1010 P. M. G. O. is a
record of the physical condition of the recruit upon induc-
tion by the local board, also, the physical condition of the

BRIG. GEN. GEORGE 0. CRESS
Commanding 165th Depot Brigade

Graduated from West Point, 1884; assigned
Seventh Cavalry; Philippines, 1899-1901; War
College, 1910-1911; Major, Tenth Cavalry,
1911; Philippines, 1913-1915 with Eighth Cav-
alry; promoted Colonel, July, 1916; Inspector
General's Department; Division Inspector,
Mexican Punitive Expedition; Colonel, 306th
Cavalry, National Army; Colonel, Forty-ninth
Field Artillery; Fort Sill School of Fire, 1918;
promoted Brigadier-General, October 1, 1918;
assigned to 165th Depot Brigade, November
22, 1918.

recruit at the mobilization camp. Form 1029 P. M. G. O.
(A and B) is a duplicate postal card which is an acknowl-
edgment to the local board and a notification of the re-
cruit's arrival, which is sent to the Provost Marshal
General, Washington, D. C.

In the event that there are a number of county quotas
on one train and the total number of recruits is over fifty,
the cars are switched out to the camp; if less than fifty, the
recruits are met at the railroad station by non-commis-
sioned officers detailed for the purpose, and sent to the
camp by trucks, being delivered di-
rectly to the Receiving Station, in
the latter case. In the former case
the train is met by one officer and
three non-commissioned officers and
an officer of the Medical Corps to
take charge of the detraining and
marching of the men to the Receiv-
ing Station. The recruits are held
on the train until the medical officer
has made an inspection to ascertain
whether there is any sickness, con-
tagious or otherwise. If he finds any
man who is not feeling well, he gives
him a hurried examination to deter-
mine the extent of the illness and
whether it is contagious; if the ill-
ness is serious the man is sent to
the Base Hospital direct, by ambu-
lance; if the §ickness is contagious
the man is sent to the Base Hospital
and the remainder of the recruits in
that part of the car are placed under
quarantine. The medical inspection
having been completed, the men are
instructed to detrain and form in
column of fours on the station plat-
form, the men of the quarantine car
being kept separate. The recruits
are then marched to the Receiving
Station where every man receives a
physical examination, superficial
only, of the throat and chest, and in
the event of a contagious disease de-
veloping, necessitating quarantine,
the men of his county quota are
quarantined, it being taken for granted that those men
have probably been exposed. This initial examination
having been accomplished the recruits are attached by
county to the various companies having available space,
for quarters and rations until called for by the Receiving
Station. It has been found from experience that keeping
the county quotas intact facilitates the keeping of records.
The men who have been placed under quarantine are at-
tached in companies designated as contact companies.
If the men are hungry, they are given a meal at the casual
kitchen, run in conjunction with the Receiving Station,
before being sent to their temporary organizations.

The next day, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the
men are called back to the Receiving Station by counties
for their physical examination and assignment, bringing
with them all their belongings, as it is improbable that
they will be assigned to the same company to which they
were attached. The forms 1010 P. M. G. 0. are then
checked against the men by name and held until after the

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STAFF AND FIELD OFFICERS— THIRD GROUP, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Seated— Left to Right:

1st Lieut. Jack S. Dewar, Capt. Henry Nanton, Major Felix Kerrick, Lieut. Col. Rawson Warren,

Major Goodridge B. Wilson, Major Joseph A. Hudson, Capt. Robert G. Gresham

Standing — Left to Right

1st Lieut. Fred G. Dickson, IstLieut. Franz J.Schulte, Chaplain Wm. C. House, 2nd Lieut. Frank W. Gill, 2ndLieut. Henry P. Callahan,

1st Lieut. Chas. E. Smeltz, Chaplain James T. Bloom, 1st Lieut. Fred. L. Gilliam, 1st Lieut. Earle H. Bolinger.

men have had their bath. The first step is to deposit any
valuables in envelopes on which their name and county
is placed. Recruits then pass into the next room and
strip ofiE their clothes which are bundled up for them.
The Y. M. C. A. takes charge of their clothes, if they wish
to send them home; but if they feel that they have no
further use for them they may give them to the Red Cross.
In either case the clothes are held until the recruit has
been accepted or rejected, as the result of his physical
examination. The first examination, after they have
disposed of their clothes, is to discover any symptoms of a
venereal disease. If the man is found to have a venereal
disease he is marked on the back with a crayon, and in
any event he passes on to the bath house, where he receives
a piece of soap and takes a bath. He then is given a
towel and dries himself and moves on to a desk where he
receives his Form 1010 P. M. G. O. and a ticket which he
hangs around his neck. The tickets of venereals are
marked with a cross at the desk also, and a Form 88
S. G. O. (M. D.) which, when fully accomplished shows
the physical condition of the recruit, is started. He then
moves on to the tubercular board and is given a thorough
examination for tuberculosis, the results of which are
entered on his Form 88 S. G. 0. and the man marked on
the chest with a crayon. The next examination is by the
neuro-psychiatric board. Recruits here are examined in
groups of four or five and results are entered on the Form
88 S. G. O., as is every other branch of the physical examin-
ation. He is then measured and weighed, his teeth are
examined and the next step is an examination by the
orthojjedic board, on which great stress is laid. From

there he passes to the surgeons, who examine him for
hemorrhoids, hernia, varicocele, syphilis, etc.; the causes
of any scars which he may have on his body are also
ascertained. His fingerprints are taken on Form 260
A. G. 0., then the oculist, nose and throat specialists, and
cardio vascular board make their examinations. His
physical examination having been completed, the results
shown by his Form 88 S. G. O. are checked to determine
whether the recruit meets the standards, physically, for
acceptance into the army, and if not, he is sent to the
special board of medical examiners, which decides whether
the recruit meets the standard and is to be retained or is
to be rejected. If the recruit is rejected his civilian
clothes are returned to him and his final statements and
discharge from the service completed. If the recruit is
accepted he passes on to the Quartermaster's OflSce for his
clothes.

From his form 1010 P. M. G. O. his name is entered on
his Form 637 A. G. O. (clothing sUp), and his barrack
bag is given him, in which has already been placed two
blankets, bed sack, mess kit, and he is given his under-
wear, socks, O. D. uniform, shoes, belt, leggins, hat, hat
cord, etc., which he puts on before leaving the Quarter-
master Office. He signs his Form 637 A. G. O. on which
these articles are charged.

Having a complete outfit of clothing, he passes on to the
enlistment board, which makes out his Form 22-2 A. G. O.
which shows place of induction, former service, person to
be notified in case of death, place of birth and is witnessed
by the personnel adjutant. The next step is the ac-
complishment of Form C. C. P. 1, which is the qualifica-

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tion card. Here the recruit sits down at the table and is
interviewed by an enlisted man in regard to his education
and occupation in civil life, and is asked his years of ex-
pyerience in the line of work he followed, the branch of
service he desires, birth, parentage, nationality, etc.
Having completed the vocational examination, his in-
surance Form 2A and allotment Form IB are accom-
plished by a board of enlisted men who have been es-
p>ecially instructed in matters of war risk insurance and
allotment. The men are then gathered together by
counties as they pass from this last board. The examina-
tions of the recruits having been completed, his Form
1010 P. H. G. O. to which have been attached his Forms
260 A. G. O. (fingerprints), 22-2 (enlistment and assign-
ment), 88 S. G. O. (physical), 637 A. G. O. (clothing),
2A (insurance), IB (allotment), and C. C. P. 1 (qualifica-
tion), are collected and kept by county quotas and the
men are grouped by county quotas as to venereals and
non-venereals. Ujwn the completion of the quota, the
recruits are inoculated for para-typhoid- and vaccinated
for smallpox, this data being entered on Form 81 S. G. O.
(M. D.) and are ready for assignment to a company.
The recruits are then assigned to companies according to
the space report submitted by company commanders.
The recruits are sent to the company in charge of an
orderly who is given a slip in duplicate, showing the date
and number of company, name of the county and the
number of men in the county quota, which he presents to
the company commander for a receipt, keeping the
original, giving the duplicate to the company commander

as a record. When the orderly returns, the chart on the
assignment desk is checked, showing space. The vene-
reals are assigned to a development company, for venereal?
only.

The recruits having been assigned to a company, are
given no work for a period of seventy-two hours, that the
least possible amount of sickness will result from the inoc-
ulations. The seventy-two hour period having elapsed,
the recruits are given their next initial instruction in the
fundamental of military life. This period consists of froir.
two to four weeks. During this period of initial instruc-
tion the service records are accomplished from the data od
Form 1010 P. M. G. O. and the forms attached thereto
by the personnel branch of the Adjutant General'.'
Department.

The draft having been completed after about five days,
the vocational board of the personnel branch of the Ad-
jutant General's Department makes consolidated repon
to Washington of the number of men in various vocations
and the number of men of various vocations are consoli-
dated with the reports from all camps in the country anc
the Adjutant General's Department, Washington, requi
sitions the men according to their qualifications and orders
them shipped to the points where they can be best user
or given further instruction in their particular trade.

The companies having received these requisitions coro
plete their service record which they have received in th«
meantime from the personnel branch, and send the men
to the infirmary for another physical examination. This
physical examination is equally as important as th«

OFFICERS— 8TH BATTALION, 165TH DEPOT BRIG4DE

First row seated
1st Lieut. John L. Nash
Capt. John G. Blanchard
Capt. Woodie R. Gilbert
Major Goodrid?e B. Wilson
1st Lieut. Fred L. Gilliam
1st Lieut. E. H. Bolinger
Capt. E. W. Peterson

First row standing
2nd Lieut. H. G. Satterlee
1st Lieut. W. E. Hicks
2nd Lieut. Jesse R. Link
2nd Lieut. Joe Patton
2nd Lieut. G. H. Dunlevy
2nd Lieut. E. A. Maska
2nd Lieut. Vemie E. Taylor

Second

row standing

2nd Lieut.

R. R. Landrum

2nd Lieut.

George Schwartz

2nd Lieut.

H. H. MacKenzie

2nd Lieut.

G. Seibel

2nd Lieut.

E. G. Lloyd

2nd Lieut.

H. C. Eliason

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OFFICERS— 9th BATTALION, 16oth DEPOT BRIGADE

1st row, bottom — left to right
2nd Lieut. Julius L. Lohoefer
1st Lieut. Charles E. Smeltz
Major Joseph A. Hudson
2nd Lieut. Henry P. Callahan
2nd Lieut. Arthur Kail

2nd row — left to right
Capt. Waiiam C. Mitchell
Chaplain J. T. Bloom
1st Lieut. Charles R. Wakefield
Capt. Martin J. Burelbach
Gapt. Otto E. Pentz

3rd row — ^left to right
2nd Lieut. Ragsdale McNeill
2nd Lieut. M. McMorris
2nd Lieut. James B. Nourse
2nd Lieut. James D. Marshall

4th row — ^left to right
2nd Lieut. George F. Holdenild
2nd Lieut. Clarence H. Dalley
2nd Lieut. O. P. McWhister
2nd Lieut. James B. McBraun

examination for acceptance. Many men come to the
camp and in their physical examination for acceptance
pass as Class A men, but after two or three weeks of
drill, although only the fundamental, latent troubles ap-
pear, the result of former injury and disease which in civil
life were apparently cured, come to light. Those who can
be cured are sent to the development battaUon and those
who cannot be cured are sent before a special medical
board for discharge. It is a fact that seventeen percent,
of 2,500 who were originally accepted at the Receiving
Station as Class A men have, after two or three weeks
of military training, been found tmfit for overseas duty.

In this manner thousands of recruits of the National
Army have been accepted or rejected.

Making the Soldier Fit to Fight is the Special
Task of the Development Battalions

The man was doubled up over the table of the mess hall
painfully copying words from a book spread out before
him. He grasped the pencil with an imaccustomed,
labored hand, and plowed through his work with dogged
determination. In his eyes were the "do-or-die" spirit,
and the very curve of his back bespoke tenacity and the
will to accomplish and succeed.

"Why don't you write a letter? "

At the voice behind him, the man dropped his pencil
and turned around. He smiled apologetically, covered up
his writing with his book, dropped his eyes. Then he
looked up at his questioner:

"Why. I ain't ever writ a letter," he said.

"How long have you been in the army?" came the kind
voice again.

"Eight months, sir."

"Have you any family?"

"I gotta wife in San Angelo."

"Have you ever written to her?"

" She writes to me, sir, but I ain't never writ to her. I

couldn't write when I came inter the Army, and now "

bashfully, uncomfortably, " Why I wouldn't know what ter
say."

Then Mr. Spencer — for the questioner was Cuthbert
Spencer, who has charge of the educational work in the
Southern Department Development Group, commanded
by Major James T. Rountree, sat down beside the man.
He explained that a letter is simply a written message from
one friend to another and that if the man could send a
verbal message to his wife he could as easily write one.
Result, a letter, the very first letter that the man had ever
written in his life.

"If you could have seen that man when he finished,"
said Mr. Spencer, "you would appreciate more fully and
gratefully what the Government is doing in its develop-
ment battalions, and how it is opening up a new life and
a fuller one to those men. You have never seen any one
so pleased as this man. He had discovered a new con-
tinent, a new world, endless vistas were opened up before
him. His weeks of drudgery learning to read and write
in the battalion classes were all repaid. His whole aspect
was changed. He went out a difiFerent man."

He is just one man in one development battalion. Al-
ready throughout the United States, there are fifty-one
of these battalions organized for the work of developing

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for greater usefulness men in the army who fall below the
higher standards of army life. Approximately 100,000
men are being built up mentally, physically and morally
by this phase of army work.

Into these battalions go the soldier who is inapt or does
QOt possess the required degree of adaptability for military
service, or the one who gives evidence of habit or traits of
character other than those of which a court martial should
take cognizance, these habits rendering his services
•indesirable.

Perhaps he is disqualified physically but is not subject
to immediate discharge on a surgeon's certificate, or he is
ui aUen of a neutral or allied country, or an ahen who has
QOt declared his intention of becoming a citizen in the
United States, and has been drafted through his ignorance
)f his rights under the selective draft law. Such a man is
ient to the development battalion. Citizens who have
lot a sufficient knowledge of the English language to per-
[orm their military duties, or citizens who have had no
■Hiucation, are placed in the battalions for educational
ievelopment. Alien enemies and conscientious objectors
{o to the development battalions before their cases are
dnally passed upon.

The mills of the gods that grind slowly also grind ex-
ceedingly fine, and the men transferred to these battalions
ire gradually sorted out into three classes; those chiefly
imfit for any service; those needing hospital treatment at
once and those who, by special treatment and training,
may be raised to a higher mental or physical plane.

As the treatment and training progresses, each man is
ultimately placed in one of four classes. Class A is for

those who are fit for general military service, who are free
from serious organic disease, able to do an average day's
work, able to walk five miles, to see and hear well enough
for ordinary purposes, able to perform duty the equivalent
to garrison duty, labor battalion, shop work in a trade at
home or abroad, or combat service at home. The United
States Guards are made up of Class B men.

Class C men are fit only for duty in a selected occupation
or in a restricted capacity to which they must be limited.
In order to be retained for service a soldier must be eighty
percent, efficient in at least one trade.

Class D men are those physically unfit for any military
service.

This is the plain and unadorned statement of the work
of the Development Battalions in the United States Army,
but the story of the work as it has grown and widened at
Camp Travis, where the training of all sub-normal men
in the camps and military reservations of the Southern
Department is carried on, is one that thrills with human
interest, and is replete with human incidents, a sort of
cross section of life.

When the first drafted men began assembUng at Camp
Travis and the first organization began, it was found that
the draft, like a dragnet, had brought in not only the strong
and the fine and the capable, but the untrained and the
misfits as well. Every company had its square pegs to
fit into round holes, and nobody had time to whittle down
the jxxjr uncomfortable pegs.

There was this thing and that thing the matter. Men
could neither read nor write, they were underdeveloped,
{Continued on page 312)

OFHCERS— 2nd DEX'ELOPMEXT BATT.\LION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. Roy Cowles

1st Lieut. Smith R. Webb, Adjt.

Seated, left to right
1st Lieut. E. B. Burgess
1st Lieut. Clarence Hornbeck

Standing, left to light
•2nd Lieut. Benjamin E. Smith 2nd Lieut.

2nd Lieut. R. R. Haley 2nd Lieut.

Major Henry C. Bender
Ist Lieut. Henry Furman

Dave Patton
Frank Price

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HEAEQUARTERS COMPANY. Ifioth DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. John R. Riley
1st Lieut. Herbert Davis

Captain Paul E. Flemister
2nd Lieut. W. C. Carlock
1st Sergeant Charles Ray Long

Mess Sergeant Charles B. Miller
Supply Sergeant Henry M. Becker, Jr.

Sergeants

Arthur E. Reichert
John Bigham
Fred O. Caskey
Tom Grammer
E. W. Ewton
Arthur H. August

Band Leader and Assistant
Luther D. Armstrong
Joe DeBallaro

Sergeant Trumpeter
VVileyE. Wilhite

Band Sergeants
John Streit
John D. Robinson
Ralph S. Brown
Albert Streit

Band Corporals

Fred E. Schultz
Dallas F. Feazell
Elmer Cottingham
Edmund E. Langbein
Roy Hetherington
Joe Berezik

Musicians — First Class

Louis F. Concilio
Felix O. Lange
.\mos Barksdale
Willie Teltschik
John W. R. Brown
Holly B. Horton

Musicians — Second Class

Albert Dietrich
Joe B. Herring

Stacy S. Basinger
Willie Granz
Antone Tupe
Willie Friedrick
John .\. Berger
Otto Kruger
James N. Banks
Raj-mond Kle>-pas

Musicians — Third Class

Pedro G. Garcia
Bernard Mavhew
Walter Elliott
Elbert DeWeese
John W. .Atkinson
Laurin McComas
James H. Thomas
Luther I. Vickers
Joseph Havlik

Hery Hruzik
Roscoe Nation
John F. Cimrhanzl
Vincence Pechacek
Ebbie Dodson
Roy Hunt
Oscar .\llen
John P. Lee
\Vm. R. Comett
John R. Gore
Ix)uis Granata

Corporals

WiUiam D. WUson
Hubert Carter
Asa R. Morris
S. Schafferhans
George Lenhart
William X. Thompson

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Horseshoers

Ernest D. Hagar
Claude A. LeBow

Cooks

Harry Boweis
John Thorsell
J. C. Davis
Alberto Attkison
Richard Ferrell

Wagoner
J. W. McLaughlin

Privates — First Class

Cornelius Babcock
Rebel E. Blackwell

George Blount
Richard Callahan
Jasper L. Ellis
James Fincher
Maurice H. Glass
Chauncey F. Pyle
Garland Pendleton
Joseph Kane
William E. Long
John W. Stott
F^mil Weinheimer
Clifford O. Wilkins

Privates

Benjamin C. Allen
William L. Allen
Waller M. Alexander
Layton B. Barnes
Olaf Brandon

Johan A. Bendikson
Hill Burross
William H. Burcham
Bud Croom
Edward Cooney
Garland H. Clanton
Ollie L. Dykes
Ira Davis
Lewis E. Downs .
William W. Dean
Lawrence Evans
Lambert L. Erickson
William R. Fromm
Orville W. Graham
Forrest T. Greathouse
Lee R. Gravett
Aton Kos
Frank Kostelnik
Albert F. Lowry
Jack L. Moore
Sant Moore

Robert M. Nelson
Charlie Polk
Everette G. Putman
Hobert M. Prater
Emory Partain-
Alex. H. Priess •
Loguyn F. Pheifer
Luther G. Thompson
Willie W. Taylor
Herman R. Tyler
James A. Tarrance
Owen Thomas
Edwin R. V'aughan
Cameil VanBeile
Luther L. Vickers
Frank E. Wight
Geoffrev W. Wheeler
Paul J.'Wolff
George L. Walton
Furman L. Wolf
Gordon Ta\ior

235

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

2oth COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain Burton B. Spaulding
1st Lieut. Thomas P. Hightower 2nd Lieut. Raymond R. Johnson 2nd Lieut. Homer B. Hursh

1st Sergeant Wm. E. Swift Supply Sergeant David H. Porter

Sergeants

Benjamin E. Armijo
Willie M. Compton
Lew-is C. Harrison
Edward J. Kiker

Corporals
John T. Bowman
Harry K. Burkhead
Ed. M. Dearing
Thos. L. Fore
Shedrich H. Haile
Joe C. Isdale
Russell H. McCullough
Joe W. McClanahan
Jim Pisinis
Lewis Russell
Roy A. Van-Dyke

Mechanic
William M. Harvey

Bugler
Daniel A. McKinzie

Privates

Eugene F. Ashbacher
Loronza Alarcon
Barcus Antrobus
Fred R. Bernhardt
Wilhelm A. Bielfield
Lowman M. Baker
Alfred H. Barkmeyers
John G. Bodden
Max A. Borman
Hosie M. Barnes
Oscar Bomer
Gee J. Brewer
Roger Barkley
Waiiam D. Buck
George P. Bauer
John W. Cox
Thomas B. Cudd
Rex Candlish
Peter Gardens
Charles C. Gates
Luther H. Carroll
Gorden Collins

Carl E. Carlson
Jim H. Deberry
Jose Delgado
Egon J. Dumeniel
Alvin E. Dennis
Teliier R. Eubanks
Allen C. Fun-
Ernest C. Flowers
Lloyd Frankson
George D. Faulkner
Willie H. Freudenberg
Emeston B. Foster
Lacey O. Findley
Otto E. Galm
Pedro Garcia
Louis W. Gay
Deitrick J. Gembler
Tadeo Gonzales
Scott W. Green, Jr.
Leonard P. Gravett
James R. Gaither
Chauncy Gamble
Henry T). Horton
Alva Hobbs

Albert J. Hiltgen
Walter C. Hill
Charlie Hutton
George L. Hicks
Richard A. Hall
Louis Hollenbeak
Oscar F. Holtz
Barley V. Hatlev
William C. HiU'
Cari H. HaU
Joe L. Hopper
Thomas P. Jones
Henry L. Jackson
William E. Jackson
Henr>- 1. Kerby
Connie Koonce
Fritz E. Jeil
Paid P. Kneuper
Norman T. Kelly
William A. Kiker
Ell Lookingbill
Edgar H. Lee
Jones F. Little
Alfred C. Lefors

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

25th COMPANY 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

John L. Lindahl
Ernest A. Lawrence
Ernest A. Lancaster
William H. Lewis
Bonnie M. Lewis
Herbert H. McAlpine
George C. McKinney
John A. McCurry
John A. McClatchy
Edgar R. McCoUum
A. G. McDowell
Miner S. Murry
Joseph M. Megna
Willie O. Markjnan
James B. May
William J. Meckel
Gustav C. Mergel
Ralph O. Miller
Marc H. Milner
Francisco Munguia
Eathan A. Melton
Willie A. Meador
Franklin C. Mann
James H. Moon

Aubrey M. Morgan
Abe Mauer
Arley A. Nichols
Francis A. Nelms
Walter C. Neugent
Henry Prasatik
Charles A. Putman
Robert L. Pearce
Frank M. Pool
LeRoy Payton
Thomas J. Parkman
Thomas E. Price
Elmer Parker
WiUie R. Richardson
Thell M. Richmond
Jewell N. Riggan
John F. Reeves
Domingo Ramierz
Adolph Richter
Charlie E. Rose
John H. Reid
Dock Rose
WilUe B. Smith
Louis Sammcr

Soren T. Sorenson
Fritz J. Schirmer
Emil J. Schmidt
George Schoelzel
Alfred H. Schulz
Elgin Steubing
Shropshire Stuart
Lesley A. Shaw
James F. Smith
Jerome S. Shaw
John W. Stubbs
Theodore B. Stanley
James E. Smith
Clarence Spradlin
Alfrew W. Swaffar
Ivey G. Smith
Carl N. Stanley
Bruce C. Stover
Herbert L. Tingle
James A. Tadlock
Lonnie H. Teague
Albert E. Timmermann
Bernhardt Trappe
Severo Trinidad

Curtis C. Tucker

William E. Teneyck

Frank A. Vojtek

Herman J. Vogt

Maximilian Carl J. Von Hoegen

Gabel Washington

Ed. F. Walker

David L. Williams

Lester D. Wyer

Hubert E. Wright

Francis R. Westrup

Wallace H. Williams

Lewis M. Watts

Ira G. Woodward

Richard F. Warnecke

Frank Woller

Arthur A. Warren

George L. William

Evert W. Wilson

Charlie B. Willson

Alfred Watts

Antonio Ximens

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CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

26th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain Wade H. Smith Lieut. Warren C. Bowlsby Lieut. J. E. Jones

Lieut. O. L. Fagerstrom 1st Sergeant Walter B. Poe

Sergeants
Leonard A. Bryson
John C. Callahan
Clem Otis Connell
Thomas O. Dickinson
Alfred W. Irby
Wayne A. McMurray
Frank E. Parker
Joseph E. Reese
Don M. Sanders
Charles Walton
Jesse Paul Watson

Corporals
Flory M. Bowen
Charlie E. Botts
Herbert G. Christain
Jack Chinn
Thomas J. Caffrey
Edgar Fox Farrar
Albert M. Hess
Ernest R. Hess
John E. Ingram
Robert E. Key
August H. King
Ben H. Litterall
Hugh D. Matlock
Joseph F. McNerney
Frank Martinez
Choice B. Norwood
H. J. Orts
Henry G. Odom
William N. Price
Date H. Simpson
Peter L. Sengele
Earl R. Stovall

William Webster White
Worley S. Whitmire

Buglers
Walter John Afflerbacb
Wilton Ischomcr
John Thomas Sellman

Mechanic
Walter W. James

Cooks
Christopher C. Goeschidle
Hans Meyers

Privates
Henry Otto Abshier
Roy Arnold

Willie Raymond .^dams
Jose G. Archiboque
Fred B. Buckner
Frankie Bonetti
Bernice Barnes
Mike J. Beach
. Jim Bean
Louis Bethke
Clyde A. Bishop
Stephens F. Blanchard
Ernest L. Bridwell
Cecil H. Bums
Owne J. Busch
Willie W. Barrier
Fred Brooks
Jesse F. Bohannan
Walter B. Bourland
Luther L. Co.x

Noah Carter
Thomas Carey
William L. Chaviers
Bamet J. Collins
Clarence J. Conley
Wilef F. Coward
Raymond W. Crutchfield
Andres A. Catter
Santos Cardonas
Homer Crane
Edward E. Cunningham
John T. Dodson
Samuel P. Denham
John L. Denning
Horace W. Davenport
Herman Duenburg
John H. Faught
Tom B. Fitzgibbons
William D. Florence
Daniel J. Fox
Jesse F. Edwards
Willie Engelage
Gilford Evans
Edward R. Greer
Milton D. Giles
Homer Gallentine
Sevren I. Gawlick
George H. Gilder
George Gonzales
John D. Gorman
Bennie Gormez
Fred C. Green
Edwin Grebe
Joe E. GroUimund
Alfred Grona
Herbert Gummelt

Fidel Gonzalez
.Archie J. Graham
John M. Griffin
Merrill E. HoweU
Hamilton Hatch
Dan Roy Hoop
William H. Harris
Gus Helms
Claude P. Hidy
Robert Happner
Charlie W. Hollebcck
Willie Heine
John W. Hall
Sam I. Haggerton
Coleman D. Haney
Isaac W. Haney
William J. Hrdina
Hugo T. Isensee
Edward Ingraham
.'\lbert S. Johnson
Earl A. Jones
Eugene P. Johnson
Joe Jarnagan
.Adolph G. Jensen
Albert R. Jenks
.Albert H. Jackson
Leslie L. Jones
Pete Jankowski
Jesse A. Jeffrey
.■\llen V. Jones
Clarence B. Jones
Tom Jones
William Juenger
.Allie D. Kellermier
Wm. C. Keike
Fred W. Kurson

238

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

26th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

George R. Kroeker
Carl W. Kolmier
Burford S. Key
Roy King
John Kitta
Barnard W. Krampe
Mose M. Kahn
Andrew J. Kemp
Clarence M. Larcom
Alvin I. Langley
Audie D. Landers
Charles R. Lake
Joseph B. Lewis
Ollie T. Long
Ward M. Lehman
Arthur Lobaugh
Harry E. Landrum
Willie R. Lee
Marion A. Lingle
Fred F. Lancaster
George E. Lee
George I. Lee
Newton A. Lindsey
Hugh Mailleson
Jesse Z. Mills
Henry R. Minton
Rufus E. Mize
Arthur A. Morgenroth
George M. Moses
William T. Mudd
Samuel F. Malone
Lafayette T. Malone
Albert Mann
Joseph N. McAtee
Barge McCumpsey
Bradley McQuerry
Willie R. Morriss

Lee I. Morris
Walter E. Miller
Frank C. Mages
Nicholas M. Mason
Lewis B. Maynard
Francis E. Marsh
Theodore H. Mick
James A. Moore
John A. Morson
Clifton F. Mayer
Clyde H. Muiitoo
Joe A. Myers
Leland A. Morris
William G. Miller
WiUiam A. Melton
Floyd Manos
Harvey McGarrath
John Lee McKown
John W. Murphy
Homer E. Michael
Roy L. Manning
Wiley F. Moore
Henry J. Noss
Acie Nichols
Fritz Nemgern
Rupert Nichols
William R. Neuforth
Eric B. Neuman
Andrew J. Newman
Jesse M. Newton
John M. Nixon
Jesse J. Noble
Robert H. Norton
Emil Odstrcil
Allen D. O'Connell
Willie J. Oppelt
Curtis E. Oswalt

Arthur P. Overall
Emmett T. Owens
Alfard W. Oakley
Marcus R. O'Bryant
Homer V. Overstreet
Harlen A. Odell
Milton P. Plummer
Newton R. Powell
Charles C. Peterson
Oliver C. Palmer
Jesse L. Palmer
Otis Peoples
Jones W. Pounds
Harvey S. Perkins
Weaver Pettman
Leslie G. Patterson
John P. Page
William E. Priddy
Robert B. Prowell
Ru<£n R. Permenter
Sidney Page
Claude C. Parker
Prince A. Peck
Burnis J. Petty
Charlie B. Pierce
Edward Preston
Leo O. Rose
Corbitt F. Randall
Bruno Raute
Claude Redmond
Albert Riba
Clarence A. Rice
Johnnie B. Roberts
Charlie Rosenauer
Robert E. Russell
Homer Richmond
Tulius H. Robb

Ralph L. Rankin
William B. Stephens
Heindrick Schlabach, Jr.
Marion M. Strickland
Lloyd W. Stanton
Hamilton W. Savage
Linton S. Savage
Roy L. Shellhose
Robert S. Standfield
Ed. T. Strain
George W. Stone
George L. Stone
William E. Sugar
Arthur E. Sanders
Joseph L. Tracey
Ernest Taylor
Charlie A. Thomas
Henry J. Thompson
Jos. W. Thurmond
Newell Timmonds
David E. Tinney
Kelly Woods
Charles L. P. Watts
Richard O. Wade
John Townley
Frank H. Ward
Francis J. Worrell
Walter J. Wilkins
Haskell B. Wade
Arlington C. Walker
Roy P. Warren
Tom P. Warren
Williard P. Williams
Elmer E. Wofford
Hugh M. Wright
John P. Wyatt
William C. Youngblood

289

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

27th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain David H. Dewhurst

1st Lieut. Daniel W. Drake 2nd Lieut. William W. Harris 2nd Lieut. Walter Karaszewski

2nd Lieut. Burton A. Shupp 1st Ser:geant Edward L. Pendergast

Sergeants
Samuel Soifer
Wynne T. Danforth
Myron M. Kellog
David Fitzgerald
Henry C. Lackey
Joseph D. Bell
Franklin C. Kniss
Anton L. Kraus
Elmer R. St. John
John O. Andree
Thomas D. Hix
Guillermo Walls
Robert A. Hamilton
Claud D. Harris

Corporals
Jesse Richardson
OUie W. Wells
James G. Bishop
Dee J. Ballard
Ralph Hudleston
Isadore E. Jecker
Ralph S. Purvis
Hans Runk
Oswald A. Willman
Lloyd C. Clark
Jolm A. Braly
Hugo C. Fromm
George V. Schmidt
Paschal E. Tucker

Carl A. H. Anderson
William A. Cannon
Paul F. Durdum
O. L. Proctor
Charles N. Pesek
John L. Dean
Kellar Fouts
Lonnie Hancock
Wesley C. Nasin
Victor T. Alstatt
Julius D. AVhitney
Harley C. Wright
Osward P. Martin
WilUam J. Smith
Joseph A. Maurer

Privates
Harry E. Adams
William J. Alexander
C. V. Alt
Ben J. Altmiller
Eric W. Anderson
Micia Aradia
Horace A. Arnold
Arthur F. Ahr
Joe Alletag
Loye K. Arrington
Truett J. Bridges
John A. Bacon
Ray E. Bailey
Robert H. Bailey

Walter M. Bailey
Walter Baumgartner
DickBeaU
Lewis Beamer
Ludwig Bennigus
Edward J. Bendele
Dock Bentley
Ole Berg
A. Bobbitt
WiUie Boehme
Deet Bonin
Vernon L. Bonner
John H. Boren
Thomas H. Bowen
John W. Bowen
John E. Boyd
Clifton E. Brockway
Joseph A. Bruce
Jesse P. Bruster
Doler P. Bullard
Jake A. Bauer
Dewey H. Brunner
Bobbie G. Bums
James B. Barfield
Noah Baugh
Ernest E. Bennett
Ben Berry
Glenn Bricker
Dedier Carlin
Lonnie L. Cash
James M. Cooner

Joseph Cook
James C. Campbell
Grover Cartwright
Owen Carter
Ray T. Castleberry
Neal D. Chapman
Lloyd Clark
John T. Coble
Samuel A. M. Cooper
George W. Coe
Lewis W. Coleman
Robert L. Cole
Carl S. Crow
Louie R. Cross
Roscoe Davis
Peari C. Dorrill
Dearmon Dunn
Carl J. Faetche
Marcus Fecher
Albert V. Foster
Rhandie Fountain
Wesley Freeman
George Freeman
Walter Fritz
Crisanto Garza
Hoyt S. Gere
George R. Gillaspie
Sam Gregory
Charles T. Greer
Russel G. Griffith
Horace Grovees

240]

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

27th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Joseph Guzzard
George Gerlofi
Moses F. Goodson
Hagan P. Granthum
Robert S. Hanks
William D. Haney
Grover Harris
Dock B. Harris
Charles E. Healy
Amos B. Heidleberg
Policarpio Herrera
Fred Higgins
William W. Holland
Thomas W. Hord
Jay H. Home
Theodore J. W. Hugo
Webster W. Huitt
John J. Harrison
Jess Jamison
Robert F. Jeffs, Jr.
Waldo J. Jennings
Cari W. Jones
WilUam J. B. Kenley
Ernest C. Kobs
Fred O. Koger
Charley F. Korus
Joe W. Kramer
Irvin J. Lee
Rudolph Lindner
Ebie A. Little
Willie Lock
Arthur C. Long
David R. Lynn
Horace A. Lacey
John L. McDonald
William H. McNutt
Frank P. Maniscalco

Calixto Maraida
Dallas M. Martin
William J. B. Martin
Tom Maurer
Levi L. Mayfield
Arthur B. May
Winfree W. Meachum
Robert R. Merritt
Nolen Muckleroy
John A. H. Mueller
Esteban Muniz
James M. Mayes
James E. McWhorter
William P. McHale
Clem Neilon
Benson Norwood
Victarino Oliveras
George C. Page
Frank Parr
Lonnie G. Paterson
Roylston E. Perkins
Werner E. Peterson
John E. Powers
Frank Pruitt
Edward O. Puedro
Jim Richardson
Pantaleon Rivas
Miller R. Robinson
Calastico Rodriquez
Lloyd Rogers
Thomas E. Ross
Charles D. Rouse
Henry Rupple
David E. Ryan
Jake E. Sackett
Roy R. Sales
Hipolito Saldana

Juan Salmon
Jessie W. Salter
James H. Sargeant
Henry B. Schmitt
Carl A. Schmitt
John Schmidtberger
Homer P. Schrimsher
Walter H. Schubert
George V. Schmitz
Hilmar G. Scheele
Lloyd A. Slevidge
Lewis C. Siebert
Leo L. Slover
Floyd T. Small
Roy Smith
Newell B. Smith
Albert R. Smock
Charles Southerland
Joe Spitzenberger
John M. Stafford
Joseph Stasny
WilUam E. Steel
Fred H. Stephens
R. T. Stewart
Lewis G. Stoll
Alex. Strecker
Cloyed Strange
Lemuel E. Strickland
Azel C. StuU
John L. StuU
Arthur Swenson
WilUam J. Smith
Edward S. Sloane
WiUiam L. Slaton
Ray F. Shely
Fred C. Schulu
Robert J. Schaefer

Levi Y. TampUn
John P. Taylor
Cloma Taylor
WiUis Tharrington
Benjamin Thiebaut
Arthur C. Thurikill
Alvah H. Tiley
WiUiam B. Tracy
James M. Trant
Alvin G. A. Teedemeyer
Walter B. Turnbow
Dave Turner
Joe Veselka
Alfred S. Violette
Robert R. Voorhees
Charies G. WaUace
Lloyd E. Watters
Fritz Weiser
Robert R. West
Martin Wiersma
JeweU B. Wilson
George E. Wilson
Sidney A. WiU
Joe H. Windham
Roy E. Winkler
Clyde C. Wise
Cari O. Whitworth
Lee R. Whitt
Robert M. Whitman
Alfred Waltmann
Alvah W. WoUam
Robert L. Woodard
George D. Word
Ernest E. Wright
George A. White
Albert D. WilUamson
Alfred A. ZoeUer

241

CAMP TRA\IS AND THE WORLD WAR

28th COMPAXV, IGoth DEPOT BRIGADE

2d Lieut. Lawrence E. Feehley

Captain Roy E. Patterson
2d Lieut. James E. Kizer

2d Lieut. Charles Kleinsmith

Sergeants
Charles E. Jennings
Noah \V. Evvton
Walter W. Hodges
Fred C. Labenslce
Roy H. Hart
Dan S. Hillsman
Jesse H. Baker
William E. Pruett
Samuel Barschow
James H. Clark
Theodore B. Ryan
Shelly H. Alsabrook
David E. Giblin
Roy Grantham
Clarence JL Herman
Newton S. Roberts
Roy C. Wilkinson
Roy R. Jones

Corporals
John Lanza
James C. Cotner
Hugo L. Boening
William A. Cannon
Cyrus T. Fields
Peter B. Gohlke
Frank M. Stannard
Charles B. Phillips
Charley F. Schneider
Joe E. Schaded

First Sergeant Walter H. Clark

Henry F. Christopher
Eddie C. Reagan
William H. Baird
Elmer W. Hodge
Frank E. Lamb
Hue Bryant

Cooks
Walter E. Calhoun
George H. Higgins
James E. Merchant
Max Shoss
Frank R. Ellis

Mechanics
Emil X'ogel
.■\le.\ander Knighton
Peter W". Forslund

Buglers
.\nton Kohut
Jaun Trebino

Privates — First Class
James A. Nordstrom
Clarence Williford

Privates
James \. .Allen
Cecil Ball

Richard B. Bartlett
.'August J. Batson
Alfred W. Bender

Supply Sergeant Edward J. Mikulenka

Willie B. Black
Will M. Bradley
Joe J. Bryan
Otis C. Burdick
William W. Burke
Alvie R. Carroll
William R. Clogston
Paul G. Conrad
Louis T. Cordes
Eugene Crow
Peter Cutsubes
Otto G. Dahme
Henry H. Dekker
Ben H. Dikeman
Oliver L. Ellison
Jess Faour
Jackson Fee
.\ugustin Fernandez
William H. Gaither
James H. Galonas
Cassemere Garza
\'an B. German
Charles H. Griffith
Willie Haak
' Bill Hammond
Stanley J. Harris
Kmil M. Hausser
Bryan Heatley
.August Hennig
Edgar F. Hennig
.Appolonio Hernandez

Marcario Hernandez
Jaun Herrera
Frank C. Higginbotham
John B. Hill
Alfred H. Hobbs
Ben N. Horney
Richard B. Horney
.Anton H. Huebner
Simon P. Janz
Grant W. King
James C. Kinsey
Raymond Kolodziej
John O. Lewis
Walter B. Loggins
Richard Ludwig
William P. Mc.Annis
-Andrew McCoy
George W. McDade
John U. McDade
Pat. McNillan
Frank P. Miller
Reuben C. Moore
Primitive Morales
Jesse Neeley
Eddie C. Neuman
-Augusta Nowak
Charley Patalin
Henry W. Pepper
Jesus Perez
Santiago Peres
William Peters

242

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAK

28th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

George E. Poole
William J. Porter
Ralph T. Prive
Chester B. Priddy
Vasilio Riviera
Augusta Rodrequez
Manuel Rodrequesz
Luther Rogers
Earl R. Russell
Alfred Seenz
Forest B. Sarver
Willie B. Sellers
Will H. Singletary
Casildo Sisneros
Charles F. Sohr
Thomas L. Spencer
Walter P. Spencer
Adolph Stange
Martin Strahle
Harry R. Sutherland
Patt. Swogetinsky
Sterling E. Thrower
August Till
Louis Trevino
Pleasnat E. Turner
Roy Vogelsang
Forest E. Wade
Edwin C. Waitschies
Robert H. William
Dave Wood
William R. Wright
Tildon H. Burgess
Lester Cannon
Aulie R. Cash
Earnest Chandler

Elmer Clark
Arthur R. Corder
David J. Crawley
Ernest L. Crow
Alex Cummings
Walter Curtis
William J. Davis
Walter G. Davis
George Deutsch
Frank J. Dial
James L. Dobbs
Hubert Dressen
Jesse E. Edison
Leo M. Ermann
Willie Fahrig
Green Fields
Arthur B. F'rank
Forest H. Frith
Jaun Garciss
Amarls W. Gentry
Jesse Gibson
Charles L. Gillogley
Lucien C. Godbehere
Monroe W. Graham
Felix R. Grant
Tilman L. Gregory
L. G. Harris
John G. Hatcher
Walter Hercek
Antonio Hill
Perry T. Brumley
Ne'.son Burns
John S. Callaway
Andrew J. Caperton
James H. Caton

Victorina T. Copeda
Loren R. Collins
Rafael Cordova
Julian Criado
Euell Crumley
Floyd Curtis
Sam Cutler
John A. Davenport
Harry C. Davis
Charles B. Deen
Walter P. Denton
Jesse J. Dial
E. W. Dixon
William H. Douthit
George M. Elliott
Paul Fabienke
Thomas H. F'arish
William J. Forester
Earl Fowler
Coley E. Frizzell
Santiago Garza
Eugene E. George
Riley D. Gideon
John J. Gimbernardi
Charley E. Goodlee
Daily Z. Griffith
Ernest L. Grayson
Rudolph W. Goertz
Harvey H. Harris
Erich E. Hobbs
Pilar Hernandez
Christ Arbanitis
N. L. Billingsly
John A. Brown
Frank N. Cribbs

William P. Dardenne
Walter W. F'irestone
Hubert S. Gray
Thomas G. Greenfield
Neeley Greene
Roland R. Hand
W'illiam J. Herrington
Guy Knipp
John B. Lake
Magnus B. Larson
Gussie B. Lemley
Damon C. Nichols
Cline Pendley
Terrell Reed
Jasper G. Rutherford
George W. Sisk
Paul M. Smith
James F. Veazey
William L. Whitehead
John P. Wilson
Valentine Sykora
Benjamin F. Byrd
Edgar Carr
Albert A. Clark
Bennie F'urgeson
James Faought
Stephen A. Hoefherr
James A. Langford
Ashley O. Moss
W. J. B. Ormsby
Claude E. Ratliff
liarl R. Russell
William H. Rylee
F'rank H. Sormrude
Troy Whiteside

243

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

Lieut. Joe Patton

Sergeants
J. J. Russel
H. M. Johnson
W. S. Hughes
J. S. Davis
J. C. Owenby
C. R. Brown
R. M. Menn
J. E. Carpenter
C. G. WUliams
J. Riley
W. A. White

E. M. Riddle

Corporals
W. T. RoweU

F. B. Huey
J. F. Harris
C. G. White
W. O. Boyd

L. L. Cronkrite
M. C. HaU
A. A. Werner
E. G. Chatham

G. Cunningham
R. C. Dunham
M. L. Musgrave
M. P. Vaughn

Cooks
W. W. Wendland
E. L. Corbett
A. H. Arneson
L. L. Kenny
H. E. Ryan
G. F. Goebel
W. M. Davis

29th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE
Captain John G. Blanchard
Lieut. J. R. Link Lieut. R. R. Landrum

Privates
Herman J. Adams
Samuel L. Altum
Hobart Atterbury
Lee G. Adams
Carl A. -Anderson
Ramond L. Bartlett
Otto A. Bentke
Harvey G. Blount
Robert M. Bowers
George R. Boyd
Loyd Booth
Louis A. Bressel
Samuel G. Bright
Joe A. Brigham
John A. Brinson
Thomas E. Brown
Ottis Brown
Miles D. Brewton
Clarence C. Biyan
Leonard Bates
Alvin G. Baumbach
Hand E. Benad
Griffith W. Bennett
Robert C. Biggs
John Campbell
John H. Cherry
Garland M. Carr
Andrew Chandler
Ernest L. Chatham
Hardin Coffield
Vernon C. Commons
Petro Dicresingo
Robert L. Dominy
Peter Cada
Asberj' T. Cain
James E. Carpenter

David L. Castle
Leo Christen
Walter G. Collins
Albert J. Couie
George W. Creel
Charles G. Crise
Coy E. Dorsey
Henr>' E. Dreyfuss
Cleofus M. Dugosh
Roy L. Elliott
James C. Farley
Ramon Garcia
Rudolph Gershbach
William C. Goodman
Spurgeon G. Griffis
Charles L. Grubbs
Joseph Hall
Hubert A. Hamilton
Herman H. Hand
Cuffie Harjo
Macon H. Haney
Henry Heidtman
John G. Heintze
Ross L. Hobbs
George V. Hogan
Leoindas Hogg
Thurman Holland
Frazier R. Holtz
Oscar L. Hooks
Alton Howell
John Hanicky
Sheivy Hudson
MiUer B Hughes
Jesse L. Humphries
Roy Hunt
Hubert J. Hunt
Albert J. Hunter

Lieut. V. L. Yaylor

Calvin A. Hurst
William Hurt
Herman F. Hyatt
Reece Irwin
Sam Inman
Grover C. Irwin
Walter A. Jackson
Hubert J. Jaegy
Chester S. Jennings
William H. Jessen
George N. Johnson
Henry M. Johnson
William W. Johnson
Charles B. Johnson
James T. Jones
George M. Jordan
Bennie Kageler
Charles R. Kelley
Andrew J. Kempf
Claude Kennedy
Martin Kercho
Bert King
James C. Kirby
Clyde R. Langford
Erma L. Lilly
H. I. Little
H. S. Meadors
Gilbert Midina
Emil Mueller
A. A. Nehr
Jesse T. Nolan
Claude E. Payne
Henry Sarana
Walter Schrader
John I. Scheaffer
John C. Sneed
Fritz Stauffer

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29th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Wm. Stauchly
Wm. Thompson
Wm. Van Winkle
J. T. Langston
Wm. Laramore
J. L. Lashley
Worthen Lawhom
A. G. Layton
A. D. Lee
Wm. LeGrand
Chassie Liggon
Roy Lively
Lones Lockhart
J. H. Lang
Ramon Lopez
Don Loyd
Orlan Loyd
Je£E Mabry
G. M. Magee
C. M. Mahan
J. T. Manning
Wm. Marshall
L. Martines
Roy Mayes
Joe Medeles
John Melber
Fred Mencer
Buster Mendoza
John Meek
Thomas Middleton
Henry Milam
A. D. Miller
Irvin Mills
Walter Mills
Joseph Mitchell
Wm Mizell
Charles Monroe
Obert Morgan
John Mosley
I. E. Moore
Nolen Mullens

Martin Mueller
Marion Musgrove
Brownlow Myers
A. L. McAlliey
C. W. McCorkle
Sam McCown
A. W. McCreight
R. A. McDonald
M. P. McGrew
A. E. McLean
S. L. Napier
C. H. Neel
T. A. Nelson
R. W. Nester
C. W. Newman
W. H. Noak
J. A. Noe
A. S. Nobles
Wm. Nuckols
Ernest Orr
Earl Overall
Charles Pace
Richard Palmer
Daniel Parsly
Clyde Parsly
Earl Parker
Jose Pena
Joe Penninger
Edgar Pennington
Ale.x. Petrich
Jesse Phillips
James Phipps
Louis Phillips
Samuel Pitman
DeWitt Poe
Robert Polk
Hugh Pollard
John Pollock
H. C. Posey
Guy Prince

Samuel ProfEtt
Norman Raby
Edgar Rasberry
Roy Rash
Eli Rice
Joseph Riede
J. J. Riley
J. O. R.Uey
Bias Riojas
Joe Rivas
Edgar Roach
B. F. Robinson
J. A. Robinson
Willie Rolff
George Rosbrugh
Willie Roseberry
Louis Rosentreter
John Rostowsky
Carrol Roueche
D. G. Rowland
Samuel Runnels
Vernie Runnion
Hugh Ryan
Claude Sangster
Ben Schuman
Henry Schwartz
Daniel Sellers
Robert Shannon
M. A. Shelton
John Skodras
Carl Skog
M. C. Slaughter
Luther Smith
Earl Smith
Charlie Smith
Barney Snowden
Clifford Stewart
A. B. Stone
Charlie Storey
Lucian Straughn

S. V. Strand
John Suka
Frank Serredin
Lee Sullivan
Henry A. Tate
R. W. Tuabert
Clyde Temple
Richard Tengler
Athie Thacker
James Thomas
Leslie Thomas
John Thompson
Nativedad Torrez
F. P. Townsen
Jesse Tucker
Horace Tull
Jose Valdez
Dan Vickerv
Gilbert Wadley
Oran Wallace
Forest Watts
Leon Weast
Sam Weaver
Fred Webb
John Webb
Willie Wendland
Charles White
Howard White
Albert White
John Whiteley
Oscar Whitmore
Garland Williams
Clay Williams
Leota Willoughby
Harvy Wolford
Jim Wright
George Wright
George Yarborough
Ardulto Ybarro
Ira Yocum
Bryant Young

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30th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain Woodie R. Gilbert
1st Lieut. Harold H. Helms
1st Lieut. William E. Hicks

2d Lieut. Garvin J. Dunlevy
2d Lieut. Gilbert C. Ledyard
2d Lieut. Ernest G. Loyd

2d Lieut. Henry G. Satterlee

1st Sergeant Morley H. Lawellin

Sergeants
Edgar C. Barker
Robert D. Castellaw
James A. Curry
Jarvis E. Dale
Earnest A. Ford
Julian D. Garcia
Hans Gottschalk
Robert Hughes
Porter H. Hutchison
Marcellus Lowe
Clomer O. Martin
William C. Newberry
James O. PuUen
Grice A. Richardson
Harry A. Riggs
William H. Vincent

Corporals
Elmer E. Bittle
Era F. Blackburn
Oswald C. Freeman
George I. Raydon
William G. VoUus

Cooks

Mike W. Clark
Joe Pritchett

Machinist
Otto Partlow

Bugler
George L. Thiol

Privates — First Class
Brodie H. Ashby
John A. Harris
Anton Frank Absnaider
Claud Anderson
George R. Anderson
Fred G. Angell
Guy A. Baber
Robert A. Bailey
William B. Bainey
Jimmie L. Barnhill
Francisco Barrera
James A. Bashow
John F. Bateman
Horace E. Baughman
Sam Beasley
Jess J. Beck
Bennie H. Becker
Joseph Bembrick
Wiley R. Bennett
Otto A. Bentke
Victor Bianchi
Ernest T. Blyth
William C. Bolton
Thomas S. Bono
Elmer F. Bowden
Sidney F. Bowling
Thomas L. Bracket!
Carl Bratton
Ed M. Brink
Carl Brocksmith
Francis J. Brown
George Brown
Joseph Brown
Edgar L. Brunson
Isaac E. Bryant

Henry Buckner
William W. Burcham
Mack E. Burchfield
Lonnie C. Burks
Marlin Burns
Johnnie A. Burts
Coleman Butler
Paul H. Buxkamper
Samuel M. Byrum
Alvin L. Cagle
Leonard D. Cain
Henry Caldwell
Ralph H. Cambell
Rufus D. Campbell
Holder H. Capehart
Warren M. Carter
Claud A. Cass
Calvin J. Cassady
Thomas W. Castellaw
James B. Castleberry
Louis A. Cattany
Lester Chandler
Frank Chiapetta
Fred W. ChUds
Frank L. Chism
Clarence J. Clark
Voungie Clifford
Marshall A. Coburn
Evart V. Cochran
Rubin Cogburn
Hyrom Collie
Robert R. Coons
Hannie J. Corbell
William E. Coward
Joseph M. Coyel
Omar W. Crabtree

William O. Craft
Thomas W. Crawford
Lemuel A. Crow
Henry R. CuUum
Fred J. Dabner
Romie S. Dagenhart
Otto P. Dentler
Ola W. DeWitt
Josiah B. G. J. Dickson
Jim C. Dowdy
Williard I. Dowling
Thomas J. Duncan
Ernest A. Dunham
Billie R. Dyer
Holland Eads
Jack L. Edgeworth
Eula Edwards
John D. Ellis
Warner EIrod
James O. Emmons
Willie C. Ervin
William R. Estes
Louis C. Eubanks
Lawrence J. Evans
George O. Ezell
Marcus C. Faver
Joe A. Ferguson
Claud M. Fetzer
Jessie W. Finn
George W. Folkner
Claud V. Foster
Claud B. Fowler
William B. Frances
Claud J. Freedle
Charles C. Fritts
William W. Frost

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30th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Rockie K. Fuller
Leonard G. Gantt
Tom B. Garrett
Lewis E. Gaskill
Arden D. Gatley
John A. Ghormley
John Gibbons
Edward W. Giessler
Malcom D. Gilbreath
James A. Glass
Erie M. Goodwin
Olis Golden
Lawrence B. Graham
Coy Grail
James L. Gray
Lee Gregory
Carlton C. Green
Dorsie Green
VVilburn B. Green
John I. Griffith
Dave Gross
Julius G. Haas
John P. Hall
Robert E. Hall
Royce B. Hall
Byron C. Harrison
Mason Harwell
Eerim W. Hatcher
Tracy J. Hayter
Eugene C. Headley
Edgar A. Hennig
Charles M. Henry
Walter Henton
Sidney Herrel
Louis Heyroth
Nathaniel J. Hicks
Charlie H. Hill
Clyde H. Hill
Horace G. Hines
Charles A. Hink
Bruce Hinkle
Lenox L. Hinton

Albert F. Hoffman
Austin B. Holland
James E. HoUey
James C. Holmes
Lewis R. Hoisted
Monroe M. Honrell
Newton W. Hooser
William O. Horn
Alfred Houston
Forest A. Howsley
John C. Hudman
Alma W. Hudson
William M. Huie
Loyd E. Hull
Roy L. Hunter
Dallias Impson
Charlie Jackson
Vivian G. Jackson
Edward J. Janovsk\-
Joe Jarzombek
Hubert G. Johnson
Oscar J. Johnson
Reed G. Johnson
Charlie S. Jones
Earl B. Kerbow
Charles S. Kinnebrew
Joseph Lake
Lonnie E. Lamb
John T. Lancaster
John M. Lavender
John N. Long
Ernest E. McClelland
Archie B. McLaughlin
David C. McMurry
Thomas J. Maultsby
Claud M. Medows
Hardy E. Means
Romulus L. Means
Braxton A. Medows
James F. Merriott
Ode C. Milham
James J. Mixon

Hugh L, Moon
John K. Mullens
Joe J. Neisser
Charles W. Nichols
John S. Nichols
William E. Nichols
Henry Nortsworthy
Theodore P. Offutt
James O. Ostrom
Roy E. Parker
Jess W. Paul
Marcus L. Paulsen
Homer Pitcock
Homer M. Pittman
Teofil Ploch
Cleaver Powell
Tyrus E. Price
Lee M. Randell
John E. Ratz
Eugene Raynes
Joseph C. Rector
Wallace C. Reed
Rufus Renfroe
Johnnie M. Rennick
Horace M. Rhett
Clarence O. Riales
John F. Riebschleager
Clarence Roberson
Otto I., Rogers
John R. Rucker
Emil Sabrsula
Bayard M. Sewell
Allan J. Shamblin
Willie J. Shelly
John L. Simpson
Dwight E. Sisk
George Skinner
Ernest M. Smith
Ish D. Smith
Louis Smith
D. B. Sparks
Fitzhugh L. Springer

Perez C. Stillman
Jesse J. Stagner
Eugen'fe H. Standard
George A. Stanger
William O. Stapleton
William B. Statham
Jay Steward
Jim D. Stewart
Walter Stockston
Roy T. Stone
Henry Stroth
Wilborn E. Stutts
Samuel W. Tally
Birkley N. Taylor
George W. Teafatiller
Rhea C. Terr
Lee E. Thomas
Orvel Thompson
John D. Thornton
ElUs M. Tidwell
James N. Tillman
Albert T. Warren
Harry F. Waters
Earnest C. Watkins
Harvey Watkins
Sidney Watkins
Albert Watson
Claude H. White
Ernest White
Wilson White
Laurence R. Whitton
Hammond H. Wilcox
Charlie H. William
James L. Williams
John E. Williams
Morris L. Winkle
Ervin Woodard
Sam P. Woolum
Vernon Wright
Jim G. Yates
James O. Yoes
Adolph Zuehl

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31st COMPAXY, 16oth DEPOT BRIGADE

Lieut. John L. Nash

Lieut. H. H. Mackenzie

Lieut. George Swartz

Lieut. Arthur F. Westfall

Supply Sergeants
Roy B. Jinkins
Louis C. Leonard

Sergeants
Dean Sebring
Horace M. Cook
C. Y. Dowlen
W. A. Edwards
Bryant L. Beaird
A. H. Parsons
Harold Zochert

Corporals
Joe Wright
Rufus L. Phillips
Hal G. Boyd

Privates
Lundy L. Ackerman
Sam P. Alexander
Arthur A. AUen
Naudy Anderson

Harmon .\vey
Ernest H. Bastain
Delbert M. Beck
Louis Bidault
Harrj' L. Black
Sidney R. Bowers
Claud M. Braswell
Orlie M. Brisco
Robert A. Brown
Roy H. Buckland
Samuel W. Butler
Eddie Franklin Bennett
Arthur S. Black
Ralph H. Black
Joe J. Blum
Boley A. Boles
Carl F. Boysen
Barney W. Brackman
Ballard P. Bradley
Price S. Butler
John S. Carter
Joel R. Chambers
Emmett Cheek
Carl L. Clark

1st Sergeant John B. Muckle

Jackson J. Clark
William H. Clay
Fred H. Coleman
Hayter F. CoUins
Dee L. Conner
George R. Contreres
Otis M. Coogan
Leo Cummings
Charlie J. Cole
Colonel O. Collier
Willie E. Connolly
Homer S. Cave
Charles C. Carroll
Jasper R. Dickey
Thomas J. Dickson
-Arthur DLxon
William M. Dixon
William P. Driskell
Green Duke
Henry A. Davis
Arthur E. Diebel
John L. Downey
Mi. Doyal
Julius Dunday

Tom H. Ellis
Loyd J. Erv'in
Hiram Finley
Erich W. Fischer
Joseph A. Ford
Frazer A. Fugua
Charlie Roy Farmer
Isaac A. Faught
Trawl B. Fitchett
WiUiam Forster
Henry Edward Fox
Clarence Freeman
Roufus L. Gaulden
Loonie L. Giles
Rossie O. Gilliam
Jack M. Gladden
Joel M. Goodwin
Carl B. Gramling
William Jessie Gibbins
John Joseph Gleason
Frank Bemhard Goodman
Jim Mulkey Gregory
Earl L. Harp
Robert A. Harrold

William S. Hamblen
Leonard E. Haug
Frank G. Hermesmeyer
Walter P. Hendrix
Thomas J. Hopkins
Homer L. Hutton
Jim H. IsbeU
Howard S. Jackson
Lonie Jennings
George W. Johnston
Pink Johnson
Edward B. Jones
Preston B. Jones
Ernest W. Jones
John J. Kasper
Jessie B. Keith
Virgel E. Kelcy
Tollit Kerr
Albert S. Key
Jas. A. J. Kuicaid
Edward J. Klish
Wm. R. Knight
Florence Knowles
Willie Krueger

[2n ]

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

31st COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

James L.Lawhorn
Carl M. Lowry
Vernie R. Lytle
Otho L. Malone
Charlie J. Maywald
John Mikulik
Mijamon H. McEwin
Carl McFadden
Edward K. McMahan
David E. McNew
Littleton O. McPherson
Aurelio Marconi
Eugene R. Martin
O. C. Martin
Oren H. Mast
William R. Mathis
Jackson L. Mathews
Jim M. Matthews
Walter J. Merz
Sam G. Miller
Willie Moegelin
Jessie E. Moore
Gaines M. Morris
James M. Morrison
Matt C. McCutchan
James R. Nixon

Oscar Norton
Tom Ed Ogla
Charley C. Orrell
Virgil E. Owens
Glaucus A. X. Parker
Jeff Davis Parkson
Jesse C. Penrod
Leavy M. Perkins
Roy D. Pettigrew
Walter B. Pfluger
Sam H. Pike
Sam W. Pinner
Henry A. Polnack
Edgel H. Poulter
Jacob F. Rather
Othel G. Reeves
Charles L. Reedy
Erwin F. Rimkus
Newte Roberts
Marvin J. Rogers
Thomas M. Roller
Porter Roup
Paul Rubinstein
Martin Rumble
Sam D. Sanders
Sidney C. Sanders

Ourn Sapp
Gee Saul
Bruno G. Schultz
Frederick K. Scroggins
Artie L. Seay
Sidney Sharp
Martin Simon
John P. Skarda
Bryant C. Skeen
Henry M. Slawson
Warren C. Smith
Floyd Smith
Loy B. Smith
Bolivar H. Smith
Edwin D. Smith
Jno. Barkley Smith
Leonard L. Smith
Oscar B. Smith
Quitman C. Smith
Samuel F. Smith
Irvin Snell
Otha Sparks
Arthur Sparkman
Marion E. Stanfield
Cecil E. Stan-
Richard Stapper

Geo. C. Staton
Edward J. J. Stein
Olive P. Storm
Herbert F. Strickland
Harry A. Sutphen
James H. Sutton
Noel A. Sutton
Herbert I. Sanderson
Isaac A. Singleton
Andrew P. Smith
John Smith
James H. Sutton
Carlo Tamborello
Geo. W. Tate
Fred Taylor
Wilson V. Taylor
Roscoe Tolar
Anthony G. Treadgold
Clifton R. Tucker
John Valusck
John J. Vanderburg
Lewis Phillip Voiding
Albert C. Von ForeU
Fred O. Wallace
Wofford G. WaUace
Lee A. Wallis

Charles M. Ward
James C. Wheeler
Russell Wheeler
Walter H. White
Lonnie Fred Willis
Robert F. William
Willie A. Witcher
Minnard W. Wilson
Major H. Williams
Luther J. Williams
William C. WindeU
John P. Wilmuth
James C. Womack
Arthur L. Woody
Will Daniel Wooster
William J. Worley
Arthur A. Wurzbach
Benjamin T. Yancey
Jewel J. Yates
Elmer W. Young
AUie Younts
Victor Zamora
Albert J. Zuehlke

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32nd COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. Lafayette C. Ebling

Bennie W. O'Fallin
Leslie C. Vanover
James F. Riley
Maurice A. Wilkins
Wifliam H. Patrick

Bynum B. Faubion

Captain Otto L. Eversberg
2ncl Lieut. Leland .\ggson

Sergeants
Clyde E. Morton
Alva C. Bailey
Sam McRoy
Alfred F. Manny

1st Sergeant James H. Stacey

James P. Fite
Francis M. Thomason
Claude 1. Penrv
Albert C. Black

Jerome G. Co.\

Corporals

Boss Sanders

James O. Parham

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32nd COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Walter B. Akers
Dewey W. Berry
Andrew F. Buland
Heber A. Colclasure
James E. Cox
James L. Crain
Thomas J. Daniels
Charley F. Davis
R. T. Daniel Edmondson
Roy P. Evans
Charles E. Fulton

Privates

Leo. J. Gibbons
Jesse D. Glover
Herman Gregg
Thomas J. Heard
John D. Huey
Sidney C. Huckabay
Cazzie E. Kennedy
Charles R. Ogilvie
Jim S. Best
Thomas B. Canady
William F. Crouch

Ernest L. Daugherty
Albert M. Dellis
Luther R. Filer
Horace F. Embree
James W. Faulks
Jesse D. Garrett
Edward J. Glass
Alex. N. Graham
Claudie C. Hayes
Kurt J. Hornuff
Perry F. Hj'de

William A. Kelley
Thomas E. Lucas
Vollie McDonough
Elroy C. Munson
Robert D. Olliver
William B. Turner
John D. Wright

Mechanics
Jesse J. Witte
Will B. Cook

251]

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33rd COMP.VNY, :65th DEPOT BRIGADE

2nd Lieut. Joseph Green

Captain William C. Mitchell
2nd Lieut. Elga Glendy

2nd Lieut. Jas. W. Marshall

Sergeants

Harry A. Howk
Jonnie R. Andrews
Hiram M. Barton
James B. Bishop
Norbome Champion
William S. Cobb
Herbert R. Crone
Frank R. Davidson
Ruskin J. Fisk
Claud C. Harrell
Roy M. Ivy
Jessie H. Jackson
Richard H. Jacobs
Manton A. Lee
Earnest S. Matthews
Ralph W. Monroe
Alph C. Oler
Elmer S. Reynolds
Joseph C. Smith

Corporals

Roger M. Beasley
John C. Biediger
Roy T. Davis
Melvin C. Dippel
Luther F. Dunagin
Felix C. Golzales
Earl W. Goode
Atkin E. Hayden
John F. Harris
Jim M. Hinton

Frank J. HoUey
John B. Kennedy
William Horous
Alvin V. Hurth
Frank J. Miller
Franz C. Miller
Samuel W. Popejoy

Privates
Edward Abel
George E. Adams
Ollie M. Abraham
Chas. C. Agent
Lanier W. Ard
Wilhelm G. Ackelbein
Barry N. Allen
Jack P. Allen
Thaddeus D. Bell
Earnest Bennett
WUUam D. Bledsoe
PhilUp B. BroadweU
Stephen M. Br>'an
Harry P. Barton
August Buschmann
George A. Butcher
Silas C. Castleberry
John J. Chernosky
Ambro J. Chudej
Alvie M. Churchwell
CharUe C. Clarkson
John M. Clary
Wilson F. Clawson
Wade Clay

Charlie U. Cole
John F. Collier
George W. Copeland
Erby A. Correll
John A. Crabtree
Ray C. Crosson
Delus Culver
Thurman Cunningham
Emmett J. Darby
Samuel S. Davis
Tillman B. Davis
CharUe J. Dayton
Mack Dodson
Otis F Dodson
Wallace E. Donald
Earnest C. Ebeiling
Peter B. Elliott
Walter J. EUiott
Herman W. Engle
Charlie D. Epperson
Lambert L. Erickson
Chas. J. Forgie
Spurgeon Foreman
Thad E. Foxworth
William R. Frazier
Homer L. Fuller
Robert Z. GaUion
Theodora Garcia
Alvin W. Gass
Marler C. Gay
Lonnie E. Geer
Murrie C. Giles
Roy H. Gough

Phillip W. Greer
Bert Haggard
O. D. Harbrough
John F. Hallow
Buster Harvey
Bruno M. Havens
Jack Hemson
A. N. Hester
Clinton L. Hobbs
D. R. Hodges
Earnest H. Hoese
Theo. H. Holworth
Noel C. Hood
David A. Hunt
Rex L. Hunter
Grady Hurlev
Herbert L. Hutman
Albert T. Ingwerson
Lovick Irish
Albert L. Irwin
Robert Isom
Lester T. Ivy
Thomas C. Jacobs
Guy D. Jacob
Otis L. Johnson
Carl Jones
CharUe D. Jordan
James E. Jordan
John Jupe
Joe Kahanek
Robert Kelsey
Henry G. Kemp
Joe F. Kendrick

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33rd COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Dale E. Kennedy
James M. Kissinger
Homer B. Klepper
Aimer V. Kline
Hal M. Knight
Joseph Kovar
Joseph Kucera
Hobart F. Lanier
William La Valley
LeRoy Lewallen
Carl L. Linn
Luke Listi
Jess Little
Ralph Lofland
Garland O. McAuley
M. A. McBride
Willie McCain
Jeremiah J. McCarthy
Robert F. McCrone
Monroe E. McDaniel
Barney L. McDowell
Jessie A. Mack
Henry T. Manley
Thomas M. Marshall
Ellis B. Martin
Siggie H. Mervin
Alvin Mieth
Sam Milinkowsky
Samuel R. Miller
Clint H. Montgomery
Hallie A. Montgomery
Edwin L. Moore
James W. Moore
Joseph R. Moore
James M. Murphy

Jess J. Murphy
Richard C. Murphy
Earnest T. Myers
Emmett F. Nolan
Varney Norton
Felix Parker
James E. Parker
Shook Parker
Robert L. Peabody
Henry I. Pierson
Lloyd W. Perry
Sam Pickle
Fred H. Pierce
John W. Pinchard
Willie Pomikal
Tom R. Poole
Homer Porter
James A. Potter
Thomas L. Powell
Will Prince
Jack J. Pritchett
Albert D. Rawlings
Doanie Redeagle
Hardin L. Reed
Francis M. Reynolds
Charlie Rhoads
Claude E. Rich
Thaddeus D. Rife
Edwin L. Rinn
Willford C. Rister
Joseph O. Robert
Riley H. Robertson
Theodore Rodriguez
Oscar G. Ross
Lawrence Sanderford

Paul X. Schalla
Roger X. Scheihagen
Herbert G. Schrader
Louis W. Scribner
Oscar C. Shouse
Massey G. Silliman
William O. Slaughter
William A. Smart
Andrew Smith
Charles J. Smith
Clifton P. Smith
Fred D. Smith
T. L. Smith
Wayne A. Smith
Earnest A. Smithart
William H. Sobey
Arthur M. Spears
Edward E. Stennett
Henry H. Stevenson
Walter Stevenson
Delmar B. Stone
Joseph R. Stone
Henry H. Stratton
J. T. Strickland
Martin B. Stewart
Adam Swafford
Irvin M. Talley
Banny Tasoki
Thomas F. Terry
Horace B. Tharp
Bill Thompson
Will M. Thompson
Melvin C. Tidwell
Joseph E. Trammel
James H. Turner

Stephen Tylajka
Jessie L. Ulmer
Richard J. Venable
John K. Vesalka
Charles A. Voyles
Clifton B. Wagsta£E
Dewie Waldie
Albert L. Walker
Corbett C. Walker
John A. Walker
John B Walker
Samuel W. Walker
Thomas R. Walker
William W. Walker
Murray Warren
Livingston Watts
James Weatherford
George J. Wellnitz
Frank T. Wendt
John W. White
Thomas M. White
Walter M. Whitton
Phillip Williams
Roy M. Williams
Roy Wilson
Thomas F. Winter
Alvin 0. Withrow
Floyd E. Wood
Allen R. Wortham
Clayton E. Wright
Raymond Y. Young
John A. Zworke
Hugh Spinks
William Buckner
David Y. Paulk

[253;

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

34th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain M. J. Burelbach

Lieut. Louie Crowe

2nd Lieut. Marglin McMorris

2nd Lieut. James McBraun
2nd Lieut. Ragsdale McNeill

2nd Lieut. Olin P. McVVhirter
2nd Lieut. Joseph Beduarchik

Ist Sergeant Joseph .\. Sohm
Supply Sergeant John J. Breen

Sergeants
Clarence W. Barker
Buford IVL Batts
Charles L. Boyd
Luther H. Brooks
Francis B. Clark
John E. Cooke
Guy Hough
Harry T. Lassiter
Giles P. Lester
Claude M. McDaniel
David W. Stafford
Ger. W. Marshall

Corporals
.\lbert Bond
William H. Brooks
Earl Hatch
Josef Hubert
Frank O. D. Karney
Willie O. Key
Harvey C. ilorrow
Robert L. Nugent
Claude C. Reagan

Mechanics
Lonnie E. Darnell
Martin L. Williams

Cooks
James D. McBride
Otis I. Hughey

Buglers
Harry A. DIore
Lester J. Downum

Privates
Robbie S. Ale.xander
ToUie Allen
Joe A. Alonzo
Charlie .\rnold
Will E. Atkins
Rafael Baca
Henry .\. Bair
James E. Barfield
Frank H. Barch
Millford M. Benson
Moe N. Bernstein

Thomas Blackman
Albert M. Blanchet
Andrew Blanchet
Roland C. Boiler
Howard Bostick
Abner Brabham
Lester Braddock
Douphitt Briggs
Herman F. Bruechner
William E. Brunsteter
Robert .\. Brydon
Francisco Cardona
Homer R. Carpenter
Thomas A. Carter
Claud D. Clark
James A. Covert
Saburn A. Crawford
Levi T. Crenshaw
James D. Davis
Albert H. Decker
Marvin E. Dees
Martin Diaz
Wharton L. Dickey
Grover F. Dickerson

Phillip Digiovanni
James S. Dockrey
John W. Dorsey
Albert Dreyling
Joseph W. Duncan
Robert T. Duncan
Reuben Durst
Fletcher C. Easley
Rov A. Edmonds
William E. Ehlert
Harry J. Gongler
Morris L. Greensten
Richard L. Griffin
Clarence Hadden
Geo. M. Hale
Earl L. Harris
Oscar Hartley
Willie H. Hearn
William H. Herbst
Patrick G. Hill
Sterling L. Holcomb
Henry Hornberger
Joe. Hosoun
Robert D. Hughes

254

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34th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Charles W. Hickes
John W. Jeanes
Lee R. Johnson
Meyer Kalvorisky
Erik Kampainen
Earl S. Keese
Max I. Keller
Thomas H. Kibbey
Adolph Kloebedans
Jim J. Kocian
Willie J. Kocurek
Frank A. Kuban
Edmond Kubicok
Arnold Lammert
Wesley G. Leake
Curtis A. Lemon
John R. Long
Elias Lucero
Lester E. Ludwick
Willie M. McDaniel
Henry E. McElroy
Kinner McEntire
Walter H. ilcEnturff
Archie A. McLaster
Burton E. McNeil
James E. McWhorton
Cecil J. JIahoney

Jay B. Marshall
Felix Matula
Cecil E. Mayall
Bryan C. Meehan
Elbert L. Miller
Guy W. Mitchell
Gus G. Moench
John A. Morgan
Frank L. Morris
Ramon Mungia
Herbert D. F. Neinstedt
William E. Norwood
Leonard G. Nowlin
Guadalupe Ornelas
Ben C. Owsley
Joe E. Pace
Jesse A. Patterson
Joe B. Patterson
Lake Patton
Elmer Penix
Waymond W. Perkins
Newton J. Petitt
Arthur M. Pfefferkorn
Albert Pilat
Thomas J. Pittman
Harry F. Powers
Everett G. Putman

Oliver V. Rabks
Samuel S. Ragland
Henry G. Pade
Thomas G. Ray
John J. Redmon
Wain W. Reese
John W. Reid
Joe. Reo
John B. Riley
Harman Ringer
Bryan Rinks
Glen Robason
William F. Robbins
Pablo Rocha
Albert T. Rodgers
Garnett E. Saint
William S. Sanders
William G. Sauer
Robert Shelby
Marion S. Shuler
Peny Sigal
Charles O. Simpson
Jesse L. Sinor
Ernest Smith
John S. Smith
Loniedas Smith
Roscoe C. Smith

Jno. Smotek
Joe Slatmack
Carl C. Sullivan
Gordon Taylor
Phillio O. Teter
John B. Thaxton
William H. Thedford
Luis Trevino
Delma W. Trotter
Earby D. Tucker
Albert 0. Turn
Howard M. \'anaman
Bryant R. Vaughn
Charles B. Verner
Charles E. Walker
William T. Walker
Elbert G, Wall
Julius O. Way
Leon A. Wilkening
Geo. C. Williams
Lee K. Wing
Willie ^^ Wishert
Sam. Willis
Charlie W. Young
John S. Zan
Sidney M. Zeigler

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35th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain Harry Marx

1st Lieut. Charles R. Wakefield

2nd Lieut. Julius L. Lohoefer

2nd Lieut. Olin P. McWhirter
2nd Lieut. James B. Nourse
First Sergeant Elmo O. L. Arnold

Mess Sergeant Joe M. Strahan
Supply Sergeant Caspar A. Washbura

Sergeants
Rupert E. Martin
Fritz C. Roensch
Geoige W. Burton
Charles R. Cooper
Ben W. Cornish
Jewel Davis
Roy C. Florence
Clyde E. Goodner
William Johnson
Chester A. Jorgenson
Major McLeimon
Johji R. Martin
James M. Sanor
Carl D. Savage
J. Floyd Smith
Alfred H. Trostman
Floyd B. Whitson

Corporals
Jim Bender
James E. Hartley
Russel H. McCullough
Wallace W. Oliver
Frank E. Smith
Henry G. Bostick
Emos H. Howard
Jake M. Jousan
Edwin B. Saulnier
Ralph B. Sweet
Clyde B. Towles

Privates
Frank J. Albrecht

Elbert C. Bagby
Hugh Barger
Milton O. Bennett
Charlie B. Berry
Walter Bille
Theodore J. Blume
Edwin M. Brady
LeRoy C. Brown
Jim Bujnoch
Lew Cargill
Uriah M. Cerf
Robert V. Charbula
.■\demare I. Chiodi
Paul C. Coffin
James R. Cooper
Milton B. Cunningham
Samuel L. Davidson
John P. Degenhardt
Max Diez
John F. Dorrell
Warner W. Duke
Helmar A. Erickson
Oscar L. Ferguson
William L. Ashbum
John F. Baker
Lee J. Barnard
Clarence Berglund
Milton D. Autrey
Terry J. Balhom
Pete Bench
Fred M. Berkey
Fred A. Berry
Ferdinand Billeck, Jr.

William .\. Bivens
Lee R. Blaylock
Forest B. Bourland
Robert D. Boyd
J. D Bridgewater
Ben Brown
Richard L. Brown
Bums Buchanan
Hubert E. Butler
Francisco Cadena
William Carroll
Paul Caughey
T. O. Chapman
Johnnie Chappel
August Chauvin
Alvin Chick
Frank Chivene
John B. Clopton
Lewi« J. Conrad
John Conway
Evan M. Cox
Henry V. Crabtree
Hubert M. Curry
Joe L. Danford
Richard G. DaWes
Lemma Day
Walter B. Denton
Herman Dietel, Jr.
William J. Dickey
Albert Dornhocfer
Thomas V. Dotson
Ben H. Duke
Jesse B. Elliott
Larkin Elliott

Vernon H. Fain
Hanz Feise
Abraham O. Fleen
M. R. Flemming
James D. Florence
Elihu Floyd
Emanuel Fort
Louis W. Foster
Charles D. Freeman
William M. Freeman
Lemon L. French
Fred N. Fryer
Jacob Fuchs
Richard F. Fundenburg
Ralph Fuller
Rudolph Funnan
Toni Gantilo
Alfred E. Ganzer
Grover C. Gardner
Pedro Garcia
George V. Garrett
Daniel Garrison
Alfred A. Geske
John H. Glover
Joseph A. Greer
Fritz Gustafson
Desidro Gusman
Henry L. Hanby
Ernest L. Hargrove
Walter T. Harper
.\rthur S. Harris
Walter B. Harrison
William A. Harrisoa
John A. Hart

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^-^^^

35th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Grover C. Hartley
George B. Haynes
David Hernandez
Daniel Hill
Elmer E. Hidge
Oscar H. Hoelter
Thomas L. Holland
Christopher Holtz
Robert C. Homeyer
Joseph Horbecker
Marvin W. Howell
E. M. Huskey
Walter D. Ireland
William A. Jackson
Frank A. Jennings
Francis W. Johnson
John W. Johnson
Carl M. Jones
Lercv Jones
Otto'Kallie
Joseph C. Kennedy
Jesse King
John M. King
Almus J. Kirby
John Kirk
Walter B. Kisner
Charles Krause
Adolph Kubena
Fred W. Kugler
Fred A. Kunze
James R. Lamb
William P. Langford
Eugene S. Lawler
Belen S. Lawrence
Gust Lazaris
Harry Leon
Charles H. Lewis

Elijah A. Lindsey
George H. Little
Oscar T. Luce
T. E. Luecke
Virgil G. McCary
Gale McClure
Thomas J. McCormack
James W. McCoy
WilUam C. McDonald
Jimmie F. McGuire
John W. McKinney
James A. McMichael
Joe Machac
George C. Matkin
William B. Matleck
Harmon D. Minick
Gusie B. Mitchell
Oscie B. H. Mitchell
Robert H. Morris
Joseph T. Mosely
Jeff Murphy
John B. Nelson
Dennis E. Norris
Lewis D. Northen
James R. O'Quinn
Antonio Ortega
John L. Osburn
Watson E. Palmer
Norman E. Parker
Arthur C. Pate
Charles J. Pennock
Samuel F. Pereira
Harvey E. Perry
Alec H. Peterson
Claude F. Pfau
Flovd W. Phillips
R. B. Pidcoke

James O. Pierce
Ben A. Pinckney
James W. Pittman
Otis M. Price
Charles S. Reed
William T. Reeves
Jesse W. Rhodes
Paul J. Rhotenberry
Samuel Roberson
Sigfried F. Rosenberg
Firman J. Rowney
Fred A. Rucker
James R. Salisbury
Isaac L. Salter
Jim Sanchez
Louis H. Scholtz
Temple E. Scrimsher
Louis J. Seitz
Chester H. Seward
George W. Shelton
Jesse W. Shelton
Charley Shields
John Shirley
Archie W. Sides
Harry I. Simmons
William D. Simmons
Pete L. Sims
WiUiam D. Skiles
Andrew Smith
Ernest L. Smith
Thomas H. Smith
Jr.cob Soils
Otto M. Spoonemore
Jesse H. Stephens
James P. Stewart
William B. Stinson
Paul B. Stoughton

Friedth J. Svendsen
Ernest Taber
Archie C. Taylor
Alfred C. Terry
John J. Thomas
John C. Thompson
Elo Tietjen
John H. Timmons
John A. Tom
Arthur E. Travis
Jack B. Tullis
George Uttz
Fritz G. V^on Minden
Oscar E. Wade
LeRoy W. Wait
Charles F. Waits
Doe J. Walker
France T>. Walker
Sidney Wallace
Harvev B. Walston
BurrelL. Walters
Marvin P. Walters
Edgar A. Watkins
Frank M. Weber
Willie O. Webster
Charlie J. Werlla
Edgar B. Whitney
Lem C. Williams
Ralph R. Williams
Charles A. Wilson
Walter Wilson
Ellia Wingo
Charles B. Witt
John F. Wutrich
Ora A. Yarrington
James C. Zapalac
James Zideck

[257]

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

36th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain Otto E. Pentz
2nd Lieut. C. E. Dalley

1st Lieut. Charles E. Smeltz
2nd Lieut. G. F. Holderreid

2nd Lieut, .\rthur Kail

1st Sergeant Paul R. Spaulding

Sergeants

Harris T. Allen
Koy M. Bass
Geo. \V. Carlyle
Grank G. DeWitz
Walter L. Duke
Efstration P. Efslration
Herschiel R. Overboy
Samuel A. Pink
Ernest T. Vogelpohl
Robert \V. Varnell

Corporals

Otto .\nderson
\Vm. M. Copeland
Harry A. Kinkead
Robert E. Wozniak

Privates

Kiahra Adams
Oluf Anderson
John C. -Anderson
Otto C. .Angcle
Claude E. .Austin
Harry E. Bailey
Arbie Baldwin
Colonel X. Baldwin
Ralph M. Banks

Edward L. Barber
James E. Barnette
Charles F. Barr
Graham .\. Barron
Leon R. Barron
Arthur L. Becker
Howard Benefiel
Jno. \V. Bigon
Carl E. Bjork
David R. Black
J. B. BlackweU
Jarolin Branecky
Jno. R. Brice
Leslie H. Brittian
Summer D. Brown
Noval L. Buchanan
Walter S. Burnett
Steven J. Burk
Tyra H. Burk
Edgar R. Cameron
Dee F. Cargal
Wm. C. Carlson
Wm. A. Chambers
Leslie H. Clark
Clarance W. Clayton
Jno. T. Clayton
Emmett R. Clements
Rov E. Click
Alfred E. Oliver

Albert H. Cole
Wra. J. Collinsworth
Taylor Cox
Elmer H. Craddock
Loyd Davis
Jim Davis
Wm. J. Downs
Ruben B. Daugherty
Elias Davis
James F. Dunlap
Ira Y. Edwards
Paul A. Eklund
Henry M. Emerson
Thomas W. Fair
James \'. Farmer
Jeremiah Farmer
Carsie B. Ferguson
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Cecil M. Fitzgerald
Macedonia Flores
James B. Floyd
Horace C. Fowler
Envin O. Fricdricks
Cecil M. Funk
Smith D. Galbraith
Walter O. Ganzert
Richard E. Gentry
Armond S. Glidewell
Clarance A. Graves

Jack A. Griffin
Tno. J. Haden
Robert L. Haney
Geo. F. Hanley
Ed D. Harder
James W. Harle
Wm. .A. Hays
Steven E. Hays
Doss Henley
Barnard E. Herzo?
Fritz R. Hilbrich
Albert H. Hill
Wm. .\. Hin/.e
Nathaniel D. Hirsch
Johnnie W. Holland
Joe H. Howell
Geo. W. Huddleston
Charles E. Hudson
Hobart Hull
Jessie D. Ivy
W'm. T. James
Dave M. Garratt
Jno. D. Jeffcoat
Robert L. Jones
Robert E. Johns
Axel H. Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Will Gennings
Adolph J. Janda

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36th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Alfred N. Jackson
Ira Kennedy
Dan K. Kelly
Wm. E. King
Geo. H. Kitchens
Wm. C. Knight
Henry G. Kovar
Ludwig E. Kiibenka
Charles W. Ladwig
Wm. F. Lamb
Jessie C. Langston
Kelly R. Lasater
Jim L. Latham
Willie J. Lau
Julian B. Lauterstein
("lifford Lawrimore
Wilmer Lcet
Aron Levine
Philip Littleton
Leonard E. Lindecker
Arctas W. Long
Claude W. Long
Guy W. Looney
Geo. W. I.ummus
Wm. H. McCredie
Robert J. Mclntyre
Marion L. McKay
Jno. W. McKcnzie
Wm. E. McKinley
Augie McKinney
Willie D. McNutt
Fanchcr McWhorter
Rufus Magouirk

Joe K. Martis
Charley R. Massingill
Henry L. Matthews
Plesant E. Mavhew
.\nen E. Meek"
Hugo H. Melde
Clarence D. Miller
Robert R. Miller
Albert F. Mize
Arthur J. Moore
Joe D. Moore
Oscar J. Moore
Fred F. Morse
Jno. M. Morgan
Robert E. Lee Mott
Edward M. Myers
Jim B. Naron
Roy O. Neal
George Neisser
Thomas B. Newsom
Jno. M. Nicholas
Alfred L. Nixon
Percy Nowell
Charles R. Ogilvie
James N. Ogletree
Arthur J. Orman
Manuel Orosco
Edward J. Oyen
Roscoe Pace
Jno. V. Paine
Edgar Pankratz
Lawrence R. Parham
James C. Parker

Joe A. Peschke
Emil Petrusek
Mike Peveler
Charlie B. Pinkerton
Emmelt W. Plummer
Edwin Preuss
Mack Price
Tom D. Price
.\rthur J. Proffitt
Willie A. Pullen
Rebel L. Pulley
Anton Radicke
Clarence E. Randolph
Albert S. Ray
Port L. Richard
Arthur H. Riggs
Louis P. Rilling
Fred W. Ritter
Wallace W. Robbins
Leon L. Rosenberg
Colman L. Rowland
Alford T. Rusche
Thomas J. Scarber
Edwin E. Schroeder
Jno. T. Schulte
Wilber C. Self
Willie T. Sherrill
Archie C. Simmons
William L. Simmons
Albeit L. Smith
James A. Smith
Jno. W. Smith
Courtney Spears

Henry C. Spitzer
Thomas M. Staples
HartweU J. Stevens
Ivon L. Stevens
Thomas A. Sudbury
.\rved B. Sundbeck
William C. Swain
Aitie T. Swiney
William B. Swim
Robert Taa£fe
Wm. R. Taylor
Lui Tesone
James R. Tieadway
Frank J. Vasek
Lafayette JL Walker
Jno. B. Wallace
Bryan M. Waller
James L. Waidlow
Alwin Weiser
James F. Whitaker
Walter B. Whitaker
Robert G. Williams
Charles R. Wood
Claude P. Worley
Dolan Wright
Charles R. Yancey
Horace G. Youngblood
Solomon T. Zellars
John L. Corder
Oliver W. Crick
Arthur P. Day
Thomas E. Shafer
Silvery Tersini

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1st DEVELOPMENT BATTALION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Captain Amett C. Smith

1st Lieut. Frank N. Mallory 2nd Lieut. Harry M. Parker

Sergeants
Bemous W. Brewer
David Ford
Arthur Henning
Russell R. Trimble
Joseph S. White
Bruce T. WiUhite

Corporals
Ben Anderson
William Beradt
William Z. Blake
Don. P. Cross
Clarence E. Hulbert
Jay Ingram
David S. Ramseur
Dolpha S. Rowland
Lawrence A. Suprenant

Privates
Wiihehn G. Ackelbin
Harry Arrick
William Bixby
Ben. L. Boyd
Charles L. Boyer
Erby E. Burnett
Arthur M. Burckel
Call R. Bidgood
Emmit Chandler
Taylor Cox
Charles J. Dayton
Joseph Dubose
Wilbcrt Dermint
Hemy M.' Emerson
Doctor A. Epps
Fletcher C. Easley
Fotest Giddens

Jacob Grody
Albert E. Griest
Malcolm Harris
Carl M. Harris
Arthur Hulbard
Cheslcy W. Hyde
Raymond J. Harris
Charles E. Hooten
Joseph M. James
Jeorge Johnson
Leonard B. Jones
Daniel Jordan
Frank Kadlecek
Peter G. KeUy
Sol G. Kline
Ed. Kubidek
Willie B. Lambert
Wilmer Leet

Floyd C. Lemon
Robert M. Leonhardt
Pick McCoy
Zepha V. McLaughlin
Tom Maclamore
John F. Moore
Woodward W. Moore
Clyde Masey
Henry O. Noack
Nick Obarow
Richaid Palmer
John H. Pool
Uriel Price
Leo C. Radtke
James Register
.\ntonio Rajecki
Bill Rasberry
Robert I.. Russell

[2m

CAMP TRAVIS AND THE WORLD WAR

1st DEVELOPMENT BATTALION, 16oth DEPOT BRIGADE
1st DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

John Sadler
Cediic Scott
Frank Steinocker
Charles Sheridan
Charles Sohr

Wilbur Slansburry
Frank P. Schillizzi
Peter Tambury
Henry A. Tyler
Ed. Tucker

Arthur Van
Stanley Wessner
William W. White
Larkin D. Welch
Watt Wolf

Frank D. Woodward
Leonard W. White
Frank Zuelecke

2nd DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE
Captain H. H.- Hudson

1st Lieut. H. S. Smith

1st Lieut. H. G. Cheetham

2nd Lieut. E. F. O'Brien

Joe Amburn
Vincent Amadia
Joe Balaski
E. J. Baur
W. H. Bolan
M. L. Booton

B. L. Bowles
L. H. Crandell

E. H. Cunningham

C. Dunlap
W. A. Erwin
L. C. Gould
C. A. Hehmke

C. Horn

L. L. Johnson

J.Jobe

L. W. Kaiser

i; Leib

C. Maner

J. H. Melton

S. E. Moss

R. E. McGee

C. McDonald

Jonathan Nicks

M. O'Brien

W. G. O'Neal

W. J. Opalla
A. Price
Jack Popham
I. W. Ratcliff
R. J. Rauber

E. C. Robertson
J. H. Smith

I. E. Smith
L. Szkarbia
C. Turtle
J. H. Ward
R. R. Yoakum

F. K. Yarbrough

J. B. Andrews
Joseph A. Amburn
Morris L. Booton
Byard L. Bowles
WiUis A. Erwin
Lutlier C. Gould
Claude Maner
Joel H. Melton
Roy J. Rauber
Ira E. Smith
Charles Turtle

[261

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2nd DEVELOPMENT BATTALION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

7th DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Sergeants
Roy A. Armstrong
John A. Ballowe
Theodore Clovenger
William A. Davidson
John D. Dunlap
James C. Greenway
James H. Higgins
George P. Hopkins
James W. Trimble
William G. Wagner
Leonard W. Waits

Cooks
Stephen Basinger
Percy McCaughy
Charles A. Steen
Dodloff W. Steubing

Mechanics
Ix>uis C. Doberenz
Powell Erwin
Lee Roy Nix

Buglers
Felix Corvono
Willie C. Harris

Corporals
Owen G. Berryman
Gilbert G. Cooper
James K. Conlin
Jacob P. Dee Mar
Tom Cavrol
Rex L. Goodwin
Charles A. Grun
Grover C. Harvell
Arthur J. Holden
Arthur Holmes
Will L. Hoko

Robert J. Huddleson
Clarence E. Jennings
WUliam KeUey
George M. Kirkland
Henry L. Luwe
Joe May
Louis Mitchell
Charles W. Mullinix
Hillis H. McDaniel
Henry Hugh Perry
John W. Schlosser
James B. Stephens
Roscoe R. Tarr

Privates
Archie D. Anderson
Frank C. Ames
Dar L. R. Adams
William B. Arnold
James A. Bargisch
Wiley R. Balthrop
Joseph Barrish
Murry C. Berrv
Da\dd Olan Be'vill
Carl S. Bloomquist
Ennis Brooks
John Brown
John W. Brown
Sam Calma
Sampio D. Cook
William D. Cannon
William P. Cox
Steve Grumpier
John Cunningham
Henry Carlisle, Jr.
Boston Cook
Mack E. Davis
William B. Dewes

Hugh H. Denbo
Edgar A. Dikes
William H. Downing
Jack H. Donham
Claude C. Edmiston
Frank C. Edwards
Edward J. Filers
Hubert Elder
Clarence C. Emmons
Walter W. Ernst
Van B. Fanning
Jesse F. Figuerron
Clarence J. Findley
Leo C. Gabriol
George E. Gardner
Albert Garner
William G. Gammill
Walter L. George
Pink H. Gilliland
Clarence J. Gibson
Bernard E. Goolsby
James P. Goodman
WiUiam O. Hallett
Thomas W. Hamby
William B. Hurst
William A. Hawkins
Julian Haughton
Napoleon B. HoUey
Julius G. Heincke
Forest R. Hill
Will Hutchinson
Ed. Isbell
Willis G. Jernigan
Lloyd B. Johnson
Jim T. Jones
Arthur Jung
Newton J. Krause
Sidnev C. Knobloch

Herbert C. Keeper
Otto Krohn
Harry A. Krueger
E. Lopez
Henry Lomport
James M. Llewellyn
Joseph H. Lloyd
Owen T. Lindley
Sam Lowellen
Albert P. Lohmann
St. Brown Matheny
Edwin J. Mason
John B. Manning
Robert Matchler
¥A. McPhetridge
Brue A. Middleton
Banks B. Martin
Oscar Montgomery'
Frank C. Martinez
Charlie M. Moss
Albert R. Modlin
Charles Moncooyea
Jessie J. Moss
Walter A. Nelson
John C. North
Juan Naba
John H. Osborn
Alfredo O'Rea
Joseph W. Pierson
Otto Ploss
F-verette E. Ponix
Louis O. Ponder
Jerry O. Prucha
Ed. Raymond
Elbert Ray
Jake Ray
Albert Rodriquez
Carl A. Rainey

Robert J. Rieser
Mike Ross
Frank Ryle
Walter H. Schmidt
Joseph Sarno
Harvey L. Shull
Otto Stecher
Marion A. Smith
Elvin L. Sellers
James Stathakos
Wiley J. Shackelford
John M. Skidmore
Dorcey M. Stamps
William O. Stine
Loy E. Stone
Henry Stout
Henry Tappe
Thomas W. Thomson
Jim M. Thomas
John E. Thompson
Andrew H. Thorson
Claude J. Upchurch
Herbert S. Vinson
Joe Voitle
Noes O. Walles
Eldon K. White
Homer A. Wilkerson
.\sa F. Williams
James F. Woods
Will V. Wood
Joseph W. Worsham
William R. Wright
John P. Wright
Edwin R. Wurzbach
Wilbur Young
Avery Young
Roy A. Yowell
Nick Zimmerman, Jr.

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2nd DEVELOPMENT BATTALION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

5th DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

1st Lieut. Roy Cowles
2nd Lieut. Daniel E. Smith
2nd Lieut. Dave Patton, Jr.
1st Sergeant James G. Dalby
Mess Sergeant Jose D. Guerra
Supply Sergeant Edward S. Kiol-
bass

Sergeants
Eric H. Anderson
Charles Watson
Joseph E. Moore

Corporals
Jesse D. Scott
Clyde G. Jones
Jesse G. Rumbo
Joe LaRue

George W. Trowbridge
.\rthur H. Klingelhoefer

Mechanics
Soren P. Christensen
Oscar B. Nickelson

Privates
Solomon D. Lamb
Raymond O. Stuart
John F. Allen
Joseph L. Arbgast
Serafin H. .\rocha
Avert W. Ashford
Jeff L. Bagley
Hiram E. Barker
Floyd V. Beaver
Willie Bednarz
Bryan W. Bell
Robert L. Black
Frank W. Bonnctt
John H. Bowman
Berry F. Brown
Robert E. Chandler
Leonard Childress
Homer D. Crawford
Thomas E. Davis
James S. Diggs
James C. Ellison
Clarence Forquer
Oran L. Frazier
Dallas Fruge

William S. Gandy
.Armando Garza
Fred P. Granger
James Gray
Oscar Hamell
Earl R. Hamrick
George Haney
Herman R. Harkness
Jesse Heady
Harry Hewett
Alva E. Hill
Archie R. Holder
Ernest F. Home
Gus M. Howell
Bertram C. Jacobs
Mitchel J. Johnson
Rov W. Johnston
William M. Larson
George O. Lawrence
.Abraham LeMuns
Manuel B. Llorenle
Joseph T. Lombard
Carroll H. Lovell
William H. Marshall
Charlie Messina
Edwin H. Moore

Ben .\. Morris
John Muric
Stergois Pappas
Guy Parker
Robert Parks
Hipolito Perez, Jr.
Robert E. Rippey
William R. Rogers
Walter R. Sandifer
Clifford P. Savoie
Thomas J. Sharp
Elmer E. Sherrell
Jesse E. Speck
George M. Stalsby
Claude L. Stewert
Travis W. Strong
George P. Summers
Harry W. Terrell
William L. Thompson
William L. Tracv
John P. Truett '
John E. Viano
Delbert L. Vickers
.•\rthur Waldrop
Frank R. White
Ira J. Wilson

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3rd BATT.\LION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. Hermann H. Seek
1st Sergeant Frank J. Lane

11th COMPANY

Captain Oliver Graves

2nd Lieut. James S. Rust
Supply Sergeant Irby M. Black

2nd Lieut. B. Russel

Mess Sergeant Axel J. Myers

Sergeants
Charles B. Horton
Jesse I. Wilbom
William A. Jeske
James E. Dorsey
William C. Baker
Clarence H. Lindsey
ilike Misoury
John D. Randolph
Ed. Saab .

Corprfrals
Joseph A. Hansen
Hal E. Potts
John Paturas

Privates
Benjamin \. Adkins
Anthony .\ndre
David Lee Avery

William .\. Barry
Alvin Beckermann
Josef Bielarz
Edward J. Bird
.■\rthur Bongartz
Walter Brylinski
Stanley Bulzgis
Andrew Bugay
Louis Campolongo
Robert Lee Cox
Gardiner Davis
.\lbert Dolinsky
Walenty Domochowski
Los Ebarbe
Ernest Erickson
.Antonio Gedda
John K. Grubbs
Arthur L. Hall
Leonard W. Hall
Harry D. Holt

Jack P. Horning
Silas C. Kneese
.\lbert Jojo
Adolph Kelm
George B. Kennedy
Nikolas Kuis
John L. Lamer
Mike Tom Lizner
Guiseppe Luca
William .\. Lyday
James W. Maddrey
Frank Maleazek
Edwin L. Mertz
George B. Nelson
Jan Nosal
James K. Owens
Mario Patti
Konstantv Popielnichi
Hal J. G.Pirtle
Carter H. Pratt

Zaharie Radu
Philip D. Reams
Hampton D. Rice
Peter Roper
Edgar Sherrard
Salvator Sicogny
Alexander Shields
Guy A. Silverthorn
Frank Slavis
Alexander Slawinski
Edd R. Stelter
.Mex. Swartz
Telleguino Troncale
Joseph Trovato
Jim H. Vaughan
John Waluck
Hirvey R. Williams
Eddie P. Yost
Guido Zanella
Joseph Zmijewski

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1st Lieut. Chas. A. Mackay

12th COMPANY

Captain Edgar P. Williston
1st Lieut. Jack Daniels

2nd Lieut. Ernest Schad

1st Sergeant
General J. Murphy

Sergeants
Gabrial A. Murr
George Condon
Charles E. Schwarz
Edward R. Petri
George Sekulich
William R. Rea

Corporal
Leslie Shafer

Privates — First Class
John L. Schwartz
Mike Poe
Philip Adams

Privates
Jose G. Archibeque
Fidel Apodaca
Dominick .^ngelone
Isaac Aldrete
Torindo Biasini
Augustin Bazan
George W. Beard
Jas. H. Bingham

Jose Boltram
John Burleson
Homer Crane
Juan Duran
Gabino Duran
Hayward F. Edwards
Frederico Flores
Leonard D. Gowers
Jacoles Gonzales
Pedro A Girion
Wex. Goddy
James T Gilley
Jose O. Garcia
Tony Granato
Luther HowpII

Candido Hernandez
Dometrio D. Herrera
Tony Junas
Frank Leganowitz
Thomas Luna
Fcrnin Mendez
John Mauro
Antonio Ortega
John J O'Donell
John Pasqualone
Louis Riogas
Georec W. Thorpe
Bias Sandoval
Ora Wheeler
Pete ^'oung

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1st BATTALION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Lieut. Jay E. Segar

Lieut. Charles F. Hartman
Lieut. Richard E. Wheeler

2nd COMPANY
Captain James H. Magowan

Lieut. James X.

Lieut. Hubert H.

Hall
Huffman

Lieut. Charles Backes

1st Sergeant David H. Frias
Supply Sergeant Gerard Harllee

Sergeants
Curtis .Allen
Sylvester Swindle
Willie Williams
Benjamin .\dams
George Harllee
Henry Heightman
Walter Revada
James Wilkins
Gtntry Robinson
John Jeff
Jefferson Hale

W. O. Woodward
Wm. H. Martin

Corporals
Joe Bradford
Oscar O'Brien
Henry Williams
Releford Olny
Charlie Grant
Cephus Smith
Isaac Spencer
Nathan Pendleton
Dustral Miller
Elijah Bowers
Willie Williams
James Hashway
James Caldwell

Clarence Gano
Malcolm Grace
CuUen E. Taylor
George Singletar>'
William Gillohm

Cooks
Warick .\bram
.\be Brown
Eddie Richard
.\bner West

Buglers
Edward W. Black
Henrj' Taylor

Mechanic
John Judge Tramble

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1st BATTALION, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

2nd COMPANY

Privates— First Class

Thomas Brooks

Sam McEIroy

Sylvester Wilburn

John Blanchard

Anthony Tucker

Tom Pitts

Elmon Bacon

Louis Pipkins

John Chrisman

Will Childs

Alex. Pierce

Hoalce Moore

Carl Coleman

Earl Roberson

Ellis Smith
Travis Branch
August Mooney
Searcy Ratliffe

Drew Coleman
Charlie Duren
Henry Dickson

Arthur Smith

Ed. Shaw

John H. Thomas

Leonard Shanklin

Jimmie Franklin

Griffin Thomas

Leeland Krause

Frank HoUins

Haddie Upshaw

Julious Saunders

Jesse Henderson .

Emil Williams

Charles Buckner

Howard Hamilton

Jim Williams

Will Howard

Will Ivey

James A. Williams

fohnnie Story

Earl Josey

George Williams

Herman Jackson

Emzy Washington

Privates

John Keath

Lloyd C. Wilson

Homer Allen

Wilburn Leviston

Willie Wallace

Bub Batey

Atchison McFarland

Ben. Williams

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21st COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. Arthur C. Smyth
2nd Lieut. Frederick H. Johnson 2nd Lieut. Kenneth F. Fenton

Sergeants
Gustaves M. Gates (white)
Jack B. Heam (white)
Ferdinand Kuehne (white)

Corporals

Harry B. Jackson (white)
Dewey Bess
Charlie B levins
Raymond Bradley
Howard P. Carter
Hicks Davis
Charles W. Ferrell
Jack Garrett
Charles J. Howard
John M. Kemper

Charlie McMillan
James Miller
Emial Price
Fred D. Roach

Cooks
Robert Cross
Macon G. Ganter

Privates
Toy Askew
Dock Branch
Thomas L. Bunch
Charlie Barry
Sidney Brooks
Deleon Brooks

Riley Brown
Ira Black
Lee Collins
George Collins
Arthur Cossie
George Clay
James E. Clark
David D. Campbell
Bennie Davis
Edward Eaton
Henry Foster
Willie Floyd
Thomas L. Ford
Clarence Punches
Noah Forward
Thair Fisher
Amett Fisher

Will Gray
John L. Guess
John Green
Rafe Hallum
William Harper
Hirlton Huey
William Henry
March HaU
T. Jones
Henry P. Joseph
James Lee
Lawrence Moss
John McCall
Whitmon McClendon
Albert McMurry
John D. Moore
Ed Ira Neal

Clarence Nelson
John Norwood
John Orgain
Tommie Phillips
Charles Pleasant
Jim Reggie
Smart R. Robinson
William Reeves
Randall Smith
Herman Smith
Bennie Sparrow
Ed Stanley
Henry Standifer
Curtis Stephens
James Tennon
Humphrey Watson

22nd COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. John P. Cox

Sergeants
Aubrey Rudasill
Spencer E. Carradine
John K. Dillard
Reatherford D. McQuarry

Privates — First Class
James W. Brewster
Smith Bundage
Laney Frazoer
Homer Hostin
Cozy Ingram
Arthur L. Lewis
King Little
Willie McKinney
Hubbard M. Rambo

Jim Rodgers
John C. Roy
William H. Simpson
John B. Thomas
Johnnie Thomas
Warren Ware
Willie Wilborn
Mannie J. Williams
Lee B. Wilson

Privates
Feldon Abrons
Oren Booth
Prince E. Bradlye
Elton Browder
Elbert Campbell

Captain Jules O. LeBlanc, Jr.
2d Lieut. Eugene E. Garrett

Joe Clifton
Frank Cooper
M. L. Dilworth
Jerry England
Henrv Fisher
Gerald C. Ford
Willie Fowler
Raleigh L. Grace
George Harris
Sherman Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Clem Johnson
Ed Johnson
Jesse J. Johnson
Josh C. Kemard
Jerry McElroy

2d Lieut. Albert G. Griffith

Add Merriweather
Willie MillhoUand
Dan Oliver
Burnett W. Penn
George A. Phillips
James F. Pirtle
Mathew Pleasant
Carter Potts
Oscar Rand
Richard Randle
Charles RoUerson
Harrison Rucker
John Scott
Gentry Sears
Lewey .\. Simmons
Solomon Smith

Charlie Snell
Sam Snell
Randall Sowells
George Taylor
John N. Taylor
Ed Tryon
George E. Turner
Ralph L. Turner
Jim H. Walker
Ben Washington
Clarence O. Williams
Roger Williams
Walter Williams
Willie Williams
-Abe ^\'ooldridge
Johnnie Young

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23rd COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

1st Lieut. George C. Benedict

Captain Frederick P. Warber
2nd Lieut. August P. Roth

2nd Lieut. Chesterfield G. Gunn

Sergeants

Absy Ecter

Lewis Cook

Thomas Edwards

Willie Robinson

Ea:l Keller

WiUie Felder

Charlie Dors

Henry Jennings

J. C. Spencer

Thomas C. Scott

Rotan Mims

La%vrence L. Davis

Elia Johnson

Arthur Sanders

Norman B. Woods

George Compton

James Johnson

Joe Sanders

Corporals

Frank Zachry

Collie Foster

Ethel B. Jones

James Silar

Oscar McCorkie

Charlie E. Gray

Abraham Lee

George Simpson

Charlie Cavil

Privates

Arthur Green

Dick Lewis

Nelson Sincere

Maymon Hodges

James Anderson

Harrison Green

Connie B. Lee

Shelley Stallion

Edgar J. Dostie

Hilliard Ballard

Thomas Groves

Willie 0. Loggins

Leonard Thompson

Dan Hood

Alfred Benton

Mert A. Hampton

Theodric H. Loud

King Young

Walter B. Barnard

Leonard Hart

Timothy McCoy

John H. Boone

Privates — First Class

OUie Burley

Earl J. Hamilton

Eugene McKinley

Eddie C. Carr

James Casey

Will Hines

Horace Mills

Cook

George W. Coleman

Dude Christian

Milton Howard

Orlandor Moore

Willie Norris

Emmett J. Jones

Will Cobbs

Arthur Hunnicutt

Elvin Moton

Raymond Shakleford

Bernie CoUier

Louis B. Ivry

Marshall Owens

Mechanic

Willie Carr

James W. Collins

Walter Jackson

K. C. Phillips

Richard Norville

1st Lieut. Howard S. Jenkins
Sergeants

24th COMPANY, 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Captain William A. Colling
1st Lieut. Carter S. Baldwin 2d Lieut. William P. Hall

Jesse .\. Livingston
Fred H. Budke
Harry W. Hennersdorf
Russell M. Pryor

Corporals

Johnnie Fields
Alvin C. Hill
Tossaint Patton
Albert Coss
Joseph Thomas
Jefferson Bird
Henry Harrell
Joe Iverson Hutchins

Cooks

L. E. Hart
Major Tunson

Privates

Earl Andrews
Sylvester Bass
John W. Baker
Garfield Bowen
Lonnie Cannon
Fred Carroll
Ruben Cawthorn
James A. Charles
Dempsey Collins
Louis Coleman

James W. Craig
John Cooper
Buster Davis
Robert Davis
Dave Davis
Sam Ealey
Joe W. Floyd
John Flowers
Lee Ford
Calvin Golden
Floyd Grant
Lu James Griffin
Joe (irimes
Herbert H. Gannon
Richard Hacerty
Otis Hampton
Clarence A. Hall

Walter Harris
Levi Harris
Elmer Houston
Johnnie Hopkins
Clay Howard
Columbus Jackson
Robert Johnson
Willie Jasper
Leon Johnson
Lucius Johnson
Willie Jones
John Henry Jones
Nehimer Jones
Roy Kellough
Manzic Lee
Willie Mosely
Phillip Mack

2d Lieut. Bert L. Hubbell

Dewitt Miles
Jesse Moses
Mitchell Minor
John D. Nelson
Herman Payne
Cornelius Patterson
Cecil E. Rowe
Claude Shelton
Tobe Stewart
Vernal Steel
Andrew Stevenson
Johnnie Targton
Levi Thomas
Nathaniel Taylor
Cleveland Thomas
Willie Walker
Lockett Wade

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UTILITIES DETACHMENT

Major William B. Tuttle
Captain Elmer S. Armstrong
Captain Cadwallader M. Barr
Captain James C. Kennedy

Q. M. Sergeants, Senior Grade
Adolph Dixon
Robert L. Berryman

Q. M. Sergeant
William M. Garvey

Sergeants — First Class
Alphonse Schaefer
James A. Bemis
James W. Stewart
Fleetwood R. Bracey
Mack Johns
Robert W. Schroeder
Asa R. Lewis
William S. Cameron
Will P. Lawson
Harry F. Duncan, Jr.
RoUie E. Bond
Berry A. Rader
Jasper C. Roberson
Wallace Archibald
James G. HajTies
Theodore E. Heckman
Amos W. Marriott
Marshall M. Robinson

Sergeants
Jack Grain
Louis Greif
William P. Sweigart
Roger A. Heard
Charles W. Hanchett
Alvaro Vaiani
Carl Riggs

Benjamin W. Bamett
Harry T. Choice

Captain John J. Connelly
1st Lieut. John S. Denike
1st Lieut. Frank E. Laramey
1st Lieut. James W. Wyse

1st Lieut. Byron C. Dunlap
2nd Lieut. Ernest S. Alderman
2nd Lieut. Guenther H. Froebel
2nd Lieut. James J. Garvey

2nd Lieut. William H. Nelson
2nd Lieut. Mortimer L. Diver
2nd Lieut. Edward Stokes

William O. Wilbanks
Willard S. Shepherd
Wallace W. Wynn
Henry Giesbrecht
Walter B. Walker
James W. Reagan
Fred J. Smithers
Jim A. Trammel
Homer L. Gebhart
Emmet A. Bunch
Edwin J. Barbour
Joseph T. Davis
Benjamin F. Darby
John J. Durkin
Earl E. Hughes
Mark M. Curry
John HiU
George F. Maddox
Curtis Robertson
Ralph L. James
Robert E. Doty
Mark T. Smith
Robert B. Boggess
Marshall L. Waugh
Christopher C. Springer
Horace R. Price
Ivy H Lutts
John W. Hill
John O. Fanning
Adren C. Evans
Herbert Forbes
William E. Shoup
Earl Chinski
Grover C. Lambert
Earnest W. Curran
Charles L. Caldwell
William Graham

Andrew Lee
Elmer C. E. Looff
Gersham Green
Luther D. Tucker
John W. King
James W. Sanders
Charles W. Brownfield
Patrick J. Conway
David A. Lown
Charles D. Bridgman
Oscar Grebe
Jacob Levy
Samuel B. Greer
Claude O. McAllister
Louis J. Fink, Jr.
Edgar L. Newton
Solomon R. McCIuskey
Joseph H. Lahey
Walton P. Watts
Henry Parker
Charlie W. Miller
Ambrose C. Wedemeyer
George V. Hogwood
Herman Weber
William B. Zimmer
Frank S. Robison
Max R. Juran
Paul A. H. Jorgenson
Thomas M. Hayes
Addis E. Noonan
Philip D. Hatma
Harris C. Zachry
Thomas M. Cullum. Jr.
Hugo O. Borgfeld
Leo E. Stewart
John W. Stubblefield
Elmer F. Varvil

Will A. Brown
Clem. Edwards
George H. Hall
Julius Bowman
William T. Damaby
David E. Kirkland
John Erickson
Ray H. Cavender
James M. Brouillette
Hubert E. Curington
Arthur McGinty
Herbert E. Wheeler
Walter P. Horlock
Andrew J. Griffith
George F. Dullnig
Manuel C. Garcia
Albert A. Klockman
Joe Garza
Ben. Echols
Pierce Bogart
Arthur E. Blount
Walter G. Lamb
Charles A. Bellegie
Steve N. Dehart
Ralph C. Carter
Louis Sammer
John Massey
James B. Scott, Jr.
John G. Vicars
WiUiam B. Collier
William E. Hausman
John B. Ohlson
William B. Love
Walton L. Measles
Lester D. Miller
Albert E. Rainwater
Arthur Stipe

John M. Lewis
Reinhardt F. Richter
Thomas Ross
Lawrence Pierron
Robert T. Wilson
David W. Penner
Gus J. Wild. Jr.
Chriss S. Barber
John A. Clayton
Lester L. Prud'homme
Edward S. Watkins
Leon C. Bissett
James W. Boyce
Claud Hopper
John R. Broesquin
Theodore J. Kommayer
Oscar B. Monier
Lester E. Eckart
Morton F. Moore
Elmer J. Pearl
Albert T. Feeney

Corporals
John A. Firth
William N. Oakman
Merle Kessler
Ben H. Murphy
Gustave G. Epp
Joseph B. Williams
Ernest M. Banzet
Tom E. Beaird
Floyd A. Myers
Charles P. Boyce
Ernest J. Martie
Augustine Chapa
Leon C. Henkes
William C. Oliver

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Rafael A. Salazar
William H. Hafer
Ben W. Griffin
Harry McCracken
Charles V. Archerd
Charles H. Douglas
Otis O. Knox
James L. Shanahan
David R. Black
John A. Linn
Dallis F. Parker
CHnton A. Black
William J. Brouse
Walter H. Stephan
Erma L. Thornton
Robert W. Ward
Edwin J. Greenough
Walter C. Evans
Robert C. Truitt
Thomas J. House
Sylvester C. TuUos
Owen B. Lowe
Charles E. Hott
WiUiam R. Anderson
Thomas E. Matheney
Fred Laughlin
Daniel J. CuUen
James W. McMichacl
Colvin L. McMahon
Cecil C. Brister
Porter A. Pickel
Noah J. Shofner

James D. Simonton
Hubert C. Smith
Carroll C. Hardin
Louis L Wolf
Willis C. Wright
Robis G. Albers
Martin L. Smith
Walter B. Rider
Harry E. Robinson
Otto G. Beck
Edward Cepeda
Henry ZoUer
Edgar A. Dobbin
James C. Davis

Privates — First Class
Eugene Boyd
Leon C. Fredenburg
Arthur Holland
Amos L. Keith
Carmine Marinelli
Omar Martin
John T. Reagan
Harry L. Smith
Homer E. Torbutt
Francis J. Williams
Walter L. Zahl
James R. Tale
Charles F. Suehrstedt
Ford H. Thomason
James W. Spitzfaden
Barney L. Weaver

UTILITIES DETACHMENT
Bibb H. Martin

Privates
Ruby K. Acklin
Clifton Adams
George Akers
Charles E. Allard
Jesse P. Allen
John S. Allen
Willie A. AUen
James G. Alley
John Anderson
Claud L. Archbell
Luther G. Atchley
Joseph Baggaley
George D. Bass
Peter P. Baumkratz
Henry Becker
Jesse L. Beebe
Able Benevides
John Bernnard
Joseph L. Best
Robert M. Best
Looney J. Bevers
Joseph Bezdick
Martin Birkland
Carl E. Bjork
William F. Black
Albert M. Blanchet
Luther L. Blevens
Guy E. Blockcolsky
Roy D. Boatwright

Carl Boll
Oscar P. Borders
Frank Bordovsky, Jr.
Henry A. Brewster
Elmer A. W. Bringer
Idas J. Broach
Olie O. Brough
Wayne Brown
George A. Brunner
Robert 0. Buck
Philip A. Buteaud
Patrick Cagney
Francisco Cardenas
Angelo Carmelo
Roy M. Carrillo
Joseph P. Carroll
William H. Casey
Quantrell Caudle
Victoriano T. Cepeda
Bart. Chandler
Emmit J. Chandler
Johnson J. Chargois
WiUiam Chmelar
JuUus B. Christian
Domenick Cimino
James I. Clair
Joseph A. Clarke
George W. Claxton
Chester G. Clifford
Jaudon Cole
John B. Collins
Ambers L. Colvin

Joseph M. Connell
Reubin A. Covington
Robert L. Covington
Ruby R. Couch
William V. Coursey
John L. Cozart
David V. Cram
Manuele Crivello
Houston J. Crocker
Sephus L. Crouell
James F. Crow
Lowell Cude
Juan F. Cuellar
Lenwood C. Cullems
Lee Culver
Elias Curnutt
John Dalicandro
Lonnie Daniels
Fred Davidson
Harry E. Davis
Wilbern Davis
Arthur P. Day
William J. Day
Harold F. Deckshott
William J. DeFreese
Sylvan Delfosse
Seaburn C. Delk
Leo DeSantis
elide Dickerson
Joseph C. Dickey
James E. Dodgen
Homer R. Dodson

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Robert J. Dowling
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Guy F. Duncan
James Duncan
Benjamin E. Dunsworth
William E. Eason
David E. Eastman
John H. Eaton
Louis L. Eckerman
Kamel Ede
Glen Embrey
Johnie Ernest
Seferino Espinosa
Vasil Evanoff
John Evans
Cecil A. Everett
David N. Faulkner
Frank A. Faulkner
John M. Feeley
Guy Fellows
George H. Feuerbacher

John E. Fitch
Henry X. Fitzgerald
Martinez Florek
Juan Flores
Ruby R. Flud
Edward T. Fonteno
Rufus L. Foster
J. B. Francis. Jr.
Iris W. FrankUn
Bennie F. French
WiUiam B. Fr>'
Louis Funks
Major Garrard
Hilliard S. Garrett
James M. Geihsler
Steve Goegites
John T. Glass
Escar S. Goins
John W. Gordon
Van Gore
Paul F. Graeber
William H. Graham
Frank Grant
Horace W. Green

UTILITIES DETACHMENT

Julius L. Grisham
Julius B. Grupe
John C. Gunter
Paul W. Guynn
John A. Hagar
Alonzo Hall
Ba-"cter Harrison Hall
John Hamilton
Hubert G. Harp
Hite T. Harper
WilUam R. Harper
Claude M. Harris
Harvey E. Harris
Rufus E. Harrison
Warren R. Harrison
Bill W. Hart
WiUiam Hartgroves
Jennings B. Harvey
John P. Heame
CharUe L. Hester
Edware R. Hill
Ira Hooker
Grover C. Horn
Arnold J. Houy

Felix A. Houy
Jessie R. Howell
James \V. Hubba
Thomas L. Hudgins
Elmer .\. Huffman
Charles E. Hughes
Herbert Hunter
Samuel H. Hyatt
Clarence E. Jackson
Alex F. Jagiolka
James A. Jarboe
Guy P. JarreU
Millard Jefferson
Louis M. Jemigan
Wallace S. Jemigan
Ejinio Jiron
Fred A. Johnson
Alonzo L. Jones
Richard J. Jones
Thomas G. C. Joyney
Robert F. Kamei
Joe Kassler
Ben M. Kelly
Marshall M. Kelly

Herman B. Keys
Durward W. Kirby
John A J. Kleba
Joseph Klug
.Abraham H. Knoch
Frank Koetting
.\doIph Kohlstruck
Eddie H. Korth
Otto Koske
Charles E. Kraemer
LawTence B. Kramer
John F. Krieger
Louis Krohn
Frank Krumtinger
Frank Kujawa
Karl P. Kunkel
Joseph Kurena
Fred L. Landers
WilUam C. Landrxmi
Clarence E. Landtroop
Ben W. Lanum
Nels Larson
James B. Lawrence
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CAMP MEDICAL SUPPLY DEPOT DETACHMENT

2nd Lieut, James F. Pershing, Jr.
2nd Lieut. Otto E, Kietchmer

Sergeants
Charles E. D. Bland
Harry H. McKee
WajTie Riley

Privates — First Class
Earl N. Foulds
Saul Gordon

Captain Samuel H. Leopold

1st Sergeant John G. McConnell
1st Sergeant Luther G. Porter

1st Sergeant Ernest W. Whitaker
1st Sergeant Lawrence G, Thurman

Charles F. Herbert
Sol Littman
Joseph Schick
Joseph Schneider
Mortimer Ulmann

Privates
David Falasca

Henry W. Hardin
Benjamin Kornblum
Herman I. Lifshitz
James N. Mulligan
Arthur J, J. Murphy
Mark H. Nelson
William A. Patrick
Ernest G. H. Schrank

Thomas D. Straughn
Uriah M, Tadlock
LoweU L. Wilkes
Leo E. Wunsch
Alfred Ziegler

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Major Albert Lobitz
Major Gilbert H. Goosey
Captain Earl H. Eddleman
Captain Frank D. Wheeler
Captain Marsona M. Murray
Captain John W. King
1st Lieut. Edward B. McSwain
2nd Lieut. Charles W. Ardery

2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.
2nd Lieut.

Charles C. Gray
Paul M. Mohnicern
Foster H. Bunkley
Oran R. Charlton
Clyde V. Ford
Ben A. Ligon
Fred Mayer
William M. Gallagher

2nd Lieut. Raymond V. Rinehart
2nd Lieut. Henry F. Raube
2nd Lieut. Arthur Korschal
2nd Lieut. Aloysius B. Bradley
2nd Lieut. George Novich
2nd Lieut. John R. Galbraith
First Sergeant Paul Tietz

Quartermaster Sergeants
Senior Grade

Walter W. Edwards
Dick Bateman
Frank M. Degasperi, Jr.
Letoy Albrecht

Quartermaster Sergeants

Kenneth S. Wingate
Joseph B. Huslage
Thomas D. Quinn

Sergeants — First Class

Samuel P. Redish
Claude A. Hargis
Charles T. Marx, Jr.
Joseph Stahl
Ambrose T. Curran
Arleigh L. Martin
Allen Powell
John B. Millsepps
Francisco J. Cadena
Fred Jaggi
George H. Phillips
Ray A. Smith
Ben S. Avant
Paul J. Leske
Henry F. Dreyer
Frederick A. Bryan
Edward J. Bedding
James G. Home
Emory C. Callender
Emmet C. Patton
Thomas E. Craddock
Harmon Ebey

Edward S. Bond
Rector G. Proctor
Charles Eidelberg
Robert S. Cockerel!
Garvin C. Legan
Aubrey J. Brown
Benjamin W. Nuhn
Oliver P. Luther
John A. Guntle
Roy W. Quillin
Peyton C. Roscoe
Earl V. Bull
Roy Broadway
Thomas J. Maloney
John H. Vesper
Ralph T. Bruce
Claude E. Benton
Clarence B. Ligon
Harold W. Corke
Hugo J. Holzmann
Benjamin E. SchoU
Bemice C. Claunch
Cecil E. Clark
William A. Richards
Isaac E. Larrabee
Alphons D. Nuhn
Ross Hoover
Harold O. Whitfield
Homer F. Wicker
William E. Killough
Arthur Sandfield
Harry L. Haberkom

Sergeants
John 0. O'Connor
John R. Cheatham

Walter E. Sjoberg
Abraham Weinberg
Hector L. Garcia
Charles Mueller
John H. Boone
George L. Sawyer
Milton J, Schinitt
Adolphus P. Dowell
Harry L. Dail
Isaac S. Cbadick
Thomas D. Saathoff
Otho E. Evans
Louis Jaffe
David S. Reed
John C. Mclntyre
Benjamin C. Carr
Walter L. Kinser
Hugo F. Priess
Arthur T. Castle
John A. McMahon
John J. McLaughlin
Roland G. Stratton
Fred R. Donohoo
Roscoe Arnold
Claude D. Coe
WiUiam A. Cox
Rob R. MacGregor
Herman C. Herbsleb
Richard A. Ludwig
James J. Weems
Clarence J. Baldwin
Luther J. Bivens
Martin McCarthy
Walter S. Hunter
Joseph A. Urrey
Robert S. Burtt

Ayrl H. McNeese
Alfred J. Lenzen

Corporals
Julius W. Picaman
William L. Oldham
Edgar F. Wallhoefer
Oran R. Sadler
Samuel B. Bales
Loney W. Yeager
Charles Eckert
George W. Clift
Thomas J. Dockery
Felix F. Schmitz
Grover C. Cummings
Garland A. Smelser
Andrew M. Lojo
James M. Scudder
Henry W. Holtz
George S. Howard
Arthur Hornbacher
Cornelius Hergert
Robert G. Hubonette
Walter E. Gerberick
Stanley L. Martin
Charles B. Pizzini
WiUiam C. Day
Herbert L. Kauffmann
Archie Solomon
Curtis Deason
Owen Ellis
Raymond D. Meeks
Thomas B. Grimes
William V. Pedigo
Nelvin L. Tampke
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1st Lieut. Charles E. Richardson
2nd Lieut. George O. Garrison 2nd Lieut. John Lightburn

1st Lieut. Raymond P. Whitfield
2nd Lieut. Robert F. Johnson 2nd Lieut. Thomas Chapman

Sergeants — First Class
Richard H. Thornton
Hamilton C. Stoirie
Victor W. Faber
Claude J. Kelley
Fred T. Robinson
Cleo C. Walker
Leslie I. Ray

Sergeants
Edward 1. Raymond
James R. Moss
Alfred H. Meyer
Morris Barkin
Louis B. Nathan
Earl E. C. Beck
Henr>' T. Rector
Carl Slaughter
Harry J. Raybould
Louis N. Kaufmann
Ray V. Hyatt
George D. McCormick

Corporals
Charles H. Carpenter
Aubrey V. Magill
Thomas W. Williams
Charles E. Werkheiser
Theodore J. Clark
Elmer E. Bills
Newton H. Greene
Elmer L. Young
Cecil May
Grooms L. Carleton
Willdie Stephens
James L. Ham
Thomas J. DeHeart
Louis Donohoo
Herschel R. Hu.T

Wagoners
John J. Bracewell
Charley C. Carvei
Oliver C. Clark

Farris G. Ledford
Louis G. Ledegar
Albert Toll

Privates — First Class
Esrael Abramson
Henry Block
David A. Bruton
Erick W. Carlson
Lynn M. Cox
ililton A. Davis
Felix W. Edelbrook
Harry Feinstein
Jose L. Flores
Nathan Goldsmith
Joe Goot
Frank Gottholt
Henry I. Hahn
John Ihrie
Will A. Knight
Ruba L. Lane
Clarence Lodovic
Joe M. Michalik
Vito Musso
Marshall H. Rhodes
Jesse T. Roach
Joseph Rubin
Michael Scalora
Fritz T. H. Schmueckle
Dave P. TuUos
James H. Wallace

Privates
Paul Adams
Juan Aguilarr
William L. Anderson
John Apostolas
George W. Arnold
Raymond H. Austin
Earl L. Bailey
Dee A. Barr
Elmer V. Barron
Joe W. Batla

Gustav F. Bauch, Jr.
Thomas C. Btll
Walter A. Bell
Alfred A. Belz
Charles E. Bertch
Marsilio Bianchi
Walter Bierstedt
Ernest E. Bishop
Sotiries G. Bores
Lovid D. Bozeman
.\ndrew Brashears
Jesse E. Brewer
William Buddenburg
Guy M. Butler
John R. Cade
James W. Callahan
Alejandro Canales
Anton F. Carlson
Erick A. R. Clason
Jess D. Cole
Sam J. Cole
Bartlett Collins
Albert L. Costo
John R. Cozby
Luther M. Curbo
Edward Dandurand
Hayes Deaver
William E. Denby
Edwin J. Dick
Henry F. Dick
Elmer E. Dickens
Noel A. Dickson
JuUus J. Dittmar
Phillip Dorf
Willie Dreibrodt
Joe B. Drevvery
James A. Earp
Daniel F. Eichraan
Fred F. Eichman
John T. Filers
Loyce G. Estes
Roy L. Eubanks

Fred H. Evans
James W. L. Faulkenberry
Agostino Fenili
Vern E. Fisher
Alfred J. FoUey
Floyd W. Fortner
Roy E. Freeman
William Frink
Francisco Garza
Adolph Gleinser
Bud Gilbreth
Benno H. Gold
Richard A. GoU
Martin Goltermann
Stenli Graczak
Ernest F. Green
Clyde V. Gregg
Roper C. Griffith
Martin Hansen
Alfred A. Hardt
Raymond D. Harlan
Isaac B. Hass
Allison W. Hatcher
Gilbert R. Hay
William H. Hempfling
Troy H. Henry
Paul L. Hess
Ernest F. Harms
Maurice G. Hooter
Henry F. Huber
Emil Jepsen
Pedro Jimenez
Earl R. Johnson
George D. Johnson
Ralph B. Johnson
Kenneth E. Jolliff
Grover C. Jones
James W. Jones
Rudolph Kanetzky
Thomas B. Kellum
Charles O. Kinzie
Jesse Lemberth

Karl F. Lapp
Dimitro Latsos
Fred E. Lesley
Everett L. Lindscy
Marion S. Lucas
Norman Lunday
Oscar 0. Manghan
Joe W. Marek
William F. Marlatt
Thomas E. May
Daniel Majia
Narciso G. Mejia
Bert Middleton
Edward Mikeska
Johnie L. Mitchell
James A. Moore
Joseph D. MueUer
Thomas W. Mullins
John A. McCurry
Floy McLendon
Louis Nedbalek
Isom E. B. Nelson
Carl Newton
Otis A. Pace
Joe V. Parsley
Leon Peters
Sidney Pink
Eli Ploch
Roy M. Quick
Charles K. Radzikowski
John Rand
Robert R. Rankin
Arnold H. Reichle
John H. Reid
Brijido Reyes
Leo D. Richards
Carl W. Riedel
Limuel Robbins
Ernest S. Roberts
William F. Roewe
Archie D. Rogers

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Major Edward B. Johns Captain Harry L. Suydam

2nd Lieut. Guy W. Jones 2nd Lieut. Bernard V. Bradv 2nd Lieut. Howard Deutz

2nd Lieut. Earle P. Reebel

Sergeants

Cecil D. Edwards
Earle G. Alden
Henry L. Gossman
Key E. Chatfield
Francis J. Steindel
Sol G. Shuster
Clifford D. Carson
Frank N. Brett
Howard E. P. Clifford
Karl N. Pellard
Fred Doht

Sergeants — First Class
\ntone E. Kucera

Joseph J. Kucera
James E. Fisher
Claude F. FuUick
Louis Tengg

Sergeants
William L. DuPre
Augustine B. Woods
Anson W. .\llen
Charles H. Korge
Bernard R. O'Connor

Corporals
Robert J. Gicking
Mar\nn A. Rose
Harvey M. Jones

-\lbert L. Jones
Henry P. Kucera
William G. Barrett
John H. McGeehin
Arthur J. Munz
Privates — First Class
Lewis E. Gibbs
Donald J. Penfield
Andrew J. Robertson
Raj-mond C. Engle
Max Ziskend

Privates
Satumio Adame
William A. Alford
Francisco Apecaca

Herman Blake
Castala Castillo
Arthur L. Cavender
Tom E. Clark
Michael E. Cooke. Jr.
Pascual Garcia
.\ugust Heise
Gorgonio Herrera
Otis W. Hood
Jake Kaufman
Edmund Kwapinski
Reuben E. Leonard
Grover C. Lr«-is
Omer F. Mamer
Jacobo Martinez

Fred .\. Meyer

Jose Paradez

Ed Peter

Franklin F. Robertson

Tom Ross

Lorenzo P. Sambriano

Joseph Sears

Burl F. Smith

Joe R. Smithheart

Oscar P. Stroupe

Rufus Tarter

Celestino Vigil

William Wurr

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Captain Robert N. Wagener 1st Lieut. George Hilsinger

First Sergeant Lewis T. Price Sergt. Chief Clerk Berl O. Breeden Sergt. Charge of Shop William H. Bost

Sergeants
James E. Driver
Sam. Anderson
Robert W. Skimmerhorn
Charles W. Stowell
Boiling J. Wilson
Virgil T. Goodwin
John R. Dillon

Sergeants — First Class
Grover E. Linville
Dorian E. Clark

Walter F. Meagher

Sergeants

Willie C. Gruetzmacher
Harry GiUeland
Lester B. Cornett
James E. Murray
Leo M. Girard
Frank L. Busby
Nicholas T. Lyddane
Clinton R. Walters

Corporals

Junius M. Furrh
Clarence W. lies
John T. Young
Rube D. Cofifey
Vernon L. Rodgers
Port V. Brown

Cooks

Noah L. Peters
Willis H. Metcalf

Privates — First Class
DeWitt T. Gilliam
Alfred E. Lacy
Benjamin F. Moore
Harry M. Rub

Privates
Richard C. Adams
Robert G. Blackwell
William Clark
Charlie T. Cowgill
Fenner Cunningham

William O. Dejamette
Charles H. Gafford
Ellis T. Gravette
Charles B. Hummel
Ben H. Hunnicutt
Albert S. J. Ivy
Charles N. Lang
Thomas C. Ramsey
Everett M. Shockey
Thomas J. Walsh
Sam. Warren
Clarence D. Miller

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Personnel Sergeant
1st Class Sergeant Frederick E. Pratt

Supply Sergeant
1st Class Sergeant Lyle A. Wurmser

Sergeant Major
1st Class Sergeant Bonner C. Bolton

Mess Sergeant
Sergeant Jonas M. Frost

Sergeants — First Class
William Eads
Frank A. Smith
John B. Bolton
Si J. HarreU
Thomas W. Keller
Charles S. Moore
Harry K. Brill
Silas Langley
Amos C. Johansen
Charles B. McMahon

Sergeants
Frank B. Good
Newby L. Cames
Reginald W. Macdonald
Otto F. Wurra
Percy T. Findley
Frank McMurrey
Marvin H. McMurrey
Andrew T. Ncibergall
Robert Peterson
Thomas L. Ballard
Asa C. Keith
Mathew A. Ketchum
Walter S. Mellor
Rhene O. Muenster
Alvin R. Mulligan
Earl Reiser
George E. Smith
Walter G. Sykes
Oliver L. Weakley
Ralph A. Adams
Edward R. Albert
Wayne AUbritton
William E. Fisher
Jacob F. Ham
Edward F. Hartronft
Francis M. Morris
Wilbur I. Mudd
Maurice R. Nelson
WilUam E. Panye
Ivan D. Pinyan
Guenther H.' Rother
Archibald H. Rutherford
Will R. Smith
Higgins M. WiUiams

Corporals
Reginald L. Alexander
Carl Johnson
Roland M. Willis
Samuel M. Bogard
Harry Dine
Thomas E. Escoe
Warren C. Wheeler
Lloyd Williamson
John A. Butler
Millington F. Carpenter
James M. Foley
Augustus M. Gribble
Fred A. Popkess

Jack W. Roach
Jabin Vaught
William H. Westphal

Cooks
Arthur D. Bigbee
Gus Cams
Charles Curtis
Paul G. Dix
Frank O. Emmons
Golan Furrow
Thomas E. Harbour
Lester H. Hall
Emil F. Hiriart
Roy E. Howley
Charles B. McClary
James P. Miller
Navalie G. Nadeau
Walter P. Nahring
George G. Negrey
Archie PhiUp, Jr.
Anton Rodgberg
Lester Sanders
Domenico Sciascio
Alonzo H. Shaw
Mike B. Supina
OUie A. Tunnell
Milton Watkins
William A. Weis
Oscar C. Webb
Harry B. Wilson

Privates — First Class
Tobe Adams
William C. Adams
Charlie C. Akins
Frederick W. Albrecht
Shelly L. Alley
.\lfred E. Anderson
Joseph L. Anthony
Alex R. Antwine
Frank E. Bailey
James T. Bailey
Perdie W. Baker
WilUam S. Baker
Finis Baty
Joseph J. Behrnes
Frank A. Bell
Egil Benzon
Marshall M. Blackwell
William F. Bidwell
Douglas S. Boone
Ernest Bournias
Glen W. Brace
Finis E. Bradshaw
Charley W. Brandon
Edwin H. Brooks
Samuel D. Brown, Jr.
Wilhara A. Brown
Jefferson H. Browning
Sidney D. Bunch
Arthur Burns

John L. Caldwell
Leo P. Campbell
Roger L. Carson
Christian Christensen
Paul M. Chiistley
Loman H. Cleveland
John T. Cole
George O. Cone
William Cook
Cecil L. Copeland
Reece Coppinger
Orville H. Crocker
Roscoe V. Cross
Hartzell R. Crow
Rufus Croxdale
Joe L. Crudup
John Crum
Allen Crupp
Edgar A. Cullum
Clyde L. Curtis
Andrew Darden
Oscar F. Dothe
Solomon J. Davidson
Cecil Davis
Erroll B. Davis
Seldon Day
James J. O. Dean
Walter L. Deer
Moses O. Defries
Ken DeGraffenried
AUie DeMoss
Richard H. Dixon
Floyd T. Dodd
Frederick Dorn
John F. Duke
Harvey J. Durham
Tolbert Durham
Oscar E. Earnheart
Dennis E. Eaton
Thomas A. Eaves
Joseph P. Edwards
Er\nn R. Ellis
Joe E. Ellis
William A. Elsea
Harry B. England
William J. Farmer
George L. Faulk
Fred C. K. Fehr
Brown B. Ferrill
Waldon W. Fickle
Leo E. Fitzgerald
Curtis L. Foreman
August T. Frye
John E. Galloway
Thomas L. Gammill
Thomas E. Garner
Charles P. Garret
Robert W. Garrett
Valentine Gavito, Jr.
Lewis H. Gerould
Ernest O. Gibson
Caesar C. Gilbert

William J. Gilbert
Clyde M. Glasgow
Joseph T. Glass
Robert E. L. Glenn
Texas H. Glenn
Willie T. Gossett
Key Graveley
.\very E. Graves
Willie M. Gray
Samuel D. Griffing
William H. Halpain
Bohuslav J. Hanacik
Anton J. Hardt
William S. Harkins
John B. Harris
John T. Harvey
James A. Hayden
Chester L. Hays
Johnnie T. Head
John J. Hegerman
Emil J. Helfrich
John T. Henderson
James S. Hendon
John D. Henry
Ezra H. Harrington
Clarence J. Hervy
George L. Hickman
Lee R. Hiler
.\lvah E. Holcomb
Damon M. Holdrege
Fletcher P. Hoskins
Elba W. Hudson
William K. Hughes
James E. Hinkapillar
Joseph I. Hunt
John W. Jackson
Dod G. James
Andrew W. Jetton
James E. Johnson
Claud Jones
Willie I. Jones
Roy J. Ketchel
William H. King
Granvil L. K. Kirk
Burnie Koster
William Krause
Samuel O. Kuntz
Edward R. Langehennig
Lee W. Latham
Joe A. Latta
Clarence Laugherty
Wyatt Layne
William H. Lewis
Parula R. Lincecum
.\aron P. Little
Roger S. Littrell
Cavin B. Livingston
Thomas Lockhart
Joseph K. Loucks
James H. Lyday
Lester C. Lyons
James A. Lj'ttle

Charles Maple
Harry J. Mason
Charles E. Martin
Thomas B. Mayfield
Harry K. McCann
Manuel McClain
William H. McCurry
Nathaniel McLean
Cari B. McLeod
E. J. McMahon
Jesse L. McNeill
Willie J. McQuillen
WilUam Melber
Charles C. Meacham
Clinton W. Merriss
Fred. Meyers
Herbert S. Michelbrook
Dudley C. Miller
Matthews Milner, Jr.
Hubert Mixon
Ralph Mixon
Herbert H. :Moberly
WilUam F. Money
Monte E. Montgomery
Johnnie W. Moody
Martin .\. Moritz
William H. Mulvoy
Walter W. Murray
Clarence C. Nance
Harlen Napier
Clayton H. Nelson
Albert R. Nix
George W. O'Daniel
Carl G. Ohman
Dillard Ott
Charles Panebouef
Elbert C. Parker
Loran A. PhiUips
Eugene A. Pfeffer
Robert B. Pittman
WiUiam F. PoUard
Robert W. Popham
Peter A. Preddy
Earl P. Price
David A. Pusley
Oscar L. Raney
WiUis P. Reed
Ellis P. Reed
Joe E. Reed
MarshaU C. Reed
Harry S. Reeves
Glenn Remington
Robert W. Renter
Thomas E. Rhodes
Ola C. Ritch
Herbert C. Rockett
Otto Rose
Robert L. Ross
Mile F. Ruane
Melvin G. Russell
CharUe J. Sadau
Charles R. Schanaubert

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Herbert J. Schattenbeerg
John Schoedel
Martin E. Schoedel
Earl E. Schmutz
James M. Scott
Florence T. Shannahan
Theo. W. Shaw
Alfred E. Shepperd
Robert W. Shirley
Paul Skidmore
Alvah E. Smith
Hugh R. Smith
William J. Smith
William J. Sootka
Hiram W. Spraggins
Tom H. Stephens
Clyde E. Stogner
Augustus C. Stuart
Fred W. Stuart
Fred F. Stuckey
Alfred T. Sumrall
Allie J. Sweeney
Merrion A. Tabor
Robert L. Tatman
Charles H. Terrell
Rodney Thomas
Noble R. Thompson
Robert A. Thompson
Bedford D. Thrasher
Harry Tony
John H. Turner
William S. Turner
Charles Vansteenberg
Charles L. Vaughan
Albert E. Vaughn
Roberto Vela
Ramon N. Villareal
William S. Vines
Wiley Q. Voyles
Walter S. Walker
Patrick J. Walsh
Gilbert C Ward
Robert B. Ward
Joseph E. Ware
Darwin Watts
Irving P. Welch
Reuben Q. Welcth
Francis A. Westmoreland
Otis S. Whittington
William D. Wibbom
John D. Willis
Fred. Winkle
Charles P. Wucher
Edward Young
Floyd G. Zimmerman

Privates
John J. Adamowicz
Horace V. Adams
Ross G. Adams
Russell P. Adams
Raymond C. Albert
Frank P. Allen
Altus. Almand
Alfred Anderson
Emmett A. Anderson
Simon C. Anderson
Thomas E. Armstrong

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George L. Ashley
William M. Ashley
Homer C. Avery
James C. Baker
Harold R. Baldwin
William H. Bagby
Earl E. Bare
Will Bargo
Harvey C. Baskin
Alvin S. Bates
William H. Beasley
Fay R. Bearden
Charles A. Bellinghausen
Joe W. Belote
William F. Bennett
WiUiam M. Bickell
James B. Birdwell
Herman M. Blagg
Silas R. Bohannon
Lee Roy Bolten
Tommie E. Boucher
Oscar P. Bourge
Earl A. Bowman
Guilford F. Branson
Alexander Brehm
Jerry T. Brewer
Roy E. Brockett
Horace I. Brooks
Chester J. Brown
Jesse E. Brown
Lafa Brown
Winston J. Brown
Arlie E. Brundege
George Bryant
Clifton Burks
Curtis Burks
Andrew T. Burns
Fonsie F. Burnside
William M. Burton
Ernest R. Bushman
Rufus A. Caldwell
John L. Carter
Jack Casey
John M. Cathey
Charles Chernocky
James H. Cipher
John C. Clark
John K. Clay
Chevis R. Cleveland
James Coffman
Grady Cole
Benjamin F. Coleman
Nowlan Collier
Owen T. Combs
Elbert Cook
Thomas F. Covey
Burrell D. Crabtree
Walter C. Crawley
Acie B. Crosthwaite
Benito Cruz .
Lawrence W. CuUins
Claud H. Currier
Eugene L. Curry
Orman Curry
James R. Curtis
John H. Curtis
Lee R. Dalton

Delma J. Daniel
Culbert H. Davenport
Allie Davenport
Bev. D. Davis
Charles A. Davis
Elmer Davis
Lester F. Davis
William T. Davis
Leonard F. Dauwalter
Lisbon C. Dean
Alexander W. DeFever
Norris L. Delavan
Grover L. Dixon
Jesse F. Dial
Thomas J. Doss
Bert Douglas
L. Erwin Downing
Willie E. Doyle
Benjamin H. Duff
Joshua H. Dunn
Weyman W. Dyson
James E. Eaves
Dick Ellette
Joseph A. Ellington
Ray Emert
James R. Eoff
Albin Farrell
John B. Fenn
James A. Ferguson
Purves E. Finley
Everett W. Firestone
Abner E. Fitts
Dave S. Floyd
Maxwell P. Floyd
Ed Flynne
Albert Foerster
Edison D. Fowler
Albert J. Fox
John D. Fultz
Luther R. Gaddis
Ezra Galloway
J. D. Galloway
Emil M. Gander
Henr>' L. Garrison
Henry O. Gay
Howard G. Gibbs
Roy E. Gillwheater
John A. Gilmore
Fredie Giroir
Thomas B. Gist
Louis A. Gleyre
Barney Goldstein
Noah B. Goodwin
Oscar L. Goodwin
William B. Graham
Solomon Giantham
John C. Gray
Edgar O. Gray
Fred W. Gray
Robert H. Greenberg
William E. Griffin
William E. Grisham
Arthur L. Gwin
William H. Habermacher
Jesse R. Foster
William C. Haddock
Harold O. Hagans
Harry B. Hale

Iley M. Hall
Mora D. Hall
Clyde L. Harber
Ernest O. Hammon
Paul L. Hardee
Willie R. Harding
Carl T. Hargis
Floyd A. Harmon
Hosea Harris
Harmon Harrison
E. E. Head
Alfred D. Haydel
Andry R. Henderson
Homer Herin
Peter D. Hiebert
Hubert W. Highnote
Cecil C. Hill
Jeffa P. Hill
Mack Hillman
Sam H. Hinkle
Charles L. Hodge
Matthew Holberg
William C. Holder
Ernest Holje
Clyde O. Hopwood
Eddie O. Hunt
John E. loor
Grover Ivy
Douglas B. Jarvis
Benjamin F. Jernigan
Arthur O. Johnson
Harry Johnson
Joe Johnson
Landreth Johnson
William M. Johnson
Joseph W. Jones
Marvin C. Jones
Lee J. Jordan
John Kanak
Henry I. Kerby
Henry Keys
Floyd P. Kidd
Willie F. King
Homer L. Krueger
Rhea Kuykendall
Robert Laidlow
Harry W. Lancaster
Elijah Landrum
William H. Lansford
Carl Lawrence
Flay F. Lawrence
Allen D. Lawson
William Lefferts
Roy C. Leicht
Clair Leslie
Bonnie M. Lewis
Joseph H. Lloyd
Francis A. London
Andrew C. Longcrier
James F. Lowe
Henry H. Luck
George E. Lynn
Russell E. Mackay
Paul Maleski
Leslie E. Mallow
Harry E. Maltbie
Milton Marks
Willie E. Maresh

Morgan A. Martin
Patrick 0. Martin
Manuel Martinez
Charlie Marvel
Leroy T. Mattingly
Matt A. McCall
Jack McCarty
Noah McCauley
James M McClellan
Clarence N. McClure
Olen McCormack
James D. McDonald
Audie L. McElroy
Delt McKinney
Volney R. McManus
Edward L. McMillan
George A. McMillan
John A. McVeigh
Vernon L. McWilliams
Murff G. Merritt
Newell C. Miller
Harless W. Melton
Charlie Mills
John E. Minge
Numa Mitchell
Thomas D. Moore
Willie E. Moore
Earl R. Morris
Dyer E. Morrison
Gus J. Mueller
Harry G. Murphy
Grover C. Murray
Volney J. Nale
Luther A. Nelson
William O'Hara
Gilbert B. Osborn
Dewey R. Ousnamer
Paul E. Owen
Claude L. Owens
Perry K. Page
Clyde F. Parks
Ulrick Palmer
Jesse M. Parker
Johnnie Pavloivch
Grover C. Pelton
Elijah N. PhiUips
Archie T. Potter
Larkin Raley
Silas L. Pruden
Luis Quiroz
Fount Rasbeary
David M. Rasure
Franklin H. Rau
Patrick A. Reagan
John H. Reed
Aron W. Regier
Joseph D. Resnick
Charles Reville
William J. Richey
Joe Richker
Thell F. Richmond
Emanuel W. Rogers
Earl Roberts
Jack Rogers
James W. Rogers
John W. Romine
James E. Rone

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NURSES— BASE HOSPITAL

Bertha Kagel
Sarah Williams
Francis Wilson
Ruth Woodworth
Gertrude Vail
Francis Venton
Lillian Vegus
Grace Jenkins
Ada Wellock
Bertha Christianson
May Griffith
Marie Giroux
Martha Silley
Annie E. McCoy
Catherine Nugent
Martha A. Morrison
Irene Han-
Grace Lyons
Hilda Erickson
Sadie M. Rosenthawl
Alice McLaughlin
Mary I. Patrick
May Shoemaker
Adeline Kunz
BiUy M. Clark
Lulu Nicholason
Collette Cady
Mamie E. Stephenson

Pearl W. Edwards
Hanna Larson
Lida McClellan
Regina Essie
Bemice C. Falls
Elizabeth Knipp
Kate Dodson
Mary C. Oleson
Marj' Broson
Mar\- Hayer
Blanch Caley
Julia Carmeron
Nell Julian
Hariette Forby
Annie Yerry
Mar>' Monday
Ethel LaBadie
Martha Everett
Katherine A. McCabe
Stella A. Madden
Sarah A. Flannigan
Annie Mullhall
Anita Campbell
Lucie Mount
Susie C. Pannell
Cora A. Conner
Willie McCary
Lilly Jacob-Meyer

Mary Christian
Annie McPhail
Caroline A. Stupka
Laurel V. Craig
Bertha S. Haley
Edith Webb
Alice M. Fuhrman
Emiline Ranis
Annie M. Metz
Emma Frank
Lidia Brunnels
JuUa Johnson
Anna Schumaker
Marguerete Shannon
Hazel WiUiams
Helena Morrison
Bessie Michel
Elizabeth Cox
Lafry Maelstead
Ester Peterson
Minnie Johnson
Ester Erickson
Cathr\'n Shultz
Ester Nash
Bemetta Dellon
Beatrice A. Wick
Grace Cady
Edith Roberson

Edna M. Lovell

Nellie Severson
Silvia Riley
Charlotte Kunz
Sarah Orr
Gene Mcintosh
Julia J. Bradish
Bennie Benson
Edna Serrells
Dora L. Dresser
Clara Mitchel
Mary Kranter
Sarah Campbell •
Maude S. Mathers
Elizabeth Smith
Anna K. Towes
Lillian Heline
Alice Hederstedt
Susan Crumpacker
Flora Vise
Maggie Bruce
Olive Wilson
Lillian C. Anderson
LiUie K. Sack\'ille
Mable Sen
Ruby Kramer
Clara Picks
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Capt. John G. McCall, M. C.
1st Lieut. Andrew J. Aird, M. C.

CAMP INFIRMARY No. 9

1st Lieut. Gebhard J. Long, Jr., M. C.
1st Lieut. Carl T. Dufner, M. C.

1st Lieut. Perry A. Baze, M. C.
1st Lieut. Earl W. Cla water. M. C.

Sergeants
Henry W. BeU
Joseph C. Borden
Lota L. Prock
Corporal
Frank L. Seifert
Private — First Class
Tom J. McMillian

Privates
Stephen Atchison
Clinton O. Atwood
Thomas Bums
Oscar \. Ennis
.\aron C. Garrett
Edward E. Jones
Frank C. Hanson
Joseph W. Spradley

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OFFICERS— PROVOST GUARD

Left to right

2nd Lieut. W. F. Foley 2nd Lieut. J. L. Boyd 1st Lieut. C. R. Smith Captain Don M. Gleason

1st Lieut. E. L. Zudeck 2nd Lieut. A. L. Dumajne 2nd Lieut. H. W. Stevenson

THEY PRESERVED ORDER IN CAMP

Provost Guard Also Dealt IVith Huns and Slackers

THE PROVOST GUARD COMPANY, commanded
by Capt. Don M. Gleason, and consisting of picked
men from various walks of life, maintained order
within the reservation and carried out the camp regula-
tions. The greater portion of the men were in a mounted
detachment, which patrolled the entire camp and out-
skirts. Some of the best riders, with years of experience
on western ranches, were among the personnel of the or-
ganization, and sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and policemen from
various parts of the country were to be found on the roster.
One of the interesting features of Camp Travis was the
stockade under the direction of Lieutenant Clarence R.
Smith, prison officer. Here prisoners were held for trial,
sentenced to short terms and sentenced to various terms of

confinement at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Hundreds of
men were confined there during the war. Many were
men of national repute. Among the more renowned were:
Maurice Becker, cartoonist of New York City, and Maxi-
milian Von Hagen, lawyer, New Haven, Conn., who wrote
"Deutschland uber alles" and other pro-German senti-
ments on his questionnaire. He was also one of the
counsels in the Von Papen Case.

The stockade was an enclosure 240 feet by 125 feet,
consisting of three barbed wire fences. Within the en-
closure there were two guard houses. Sentinels, armed
with repeating shotguns, were stationed in look-out towers
at each corner of the enclosure. Sentinels for this work
were furnished by the Provost Guard Company.

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1st Lieut. Clarence R. Smith
1st Lieut. Edwin L. Zudeck
2nd Lieut. James L. Boyd

Sergeants
James P. Wilmoth
James H. Powers
Guy E. Winn
James p. Randolph
James W. Cawthon
Robert W. Henderson
Clarence Lewellen
William W. Brock
Arthur C. Sublett
Claud F. Williamson
William H. Thomas
John A. Taylor
Cole V. Holcomb
Millard Roberts

Provost Sergeant
Malcolm Hederson

Asst. Provost Sergeant
CK-erton L. Willis

Corporals
Milford L. Torbett
Benjamin H. Smith
Cormie Watts
Clarence D. Camel
Martin Potucek
Martin D. Ivey

Thomas W. Usrey
Hugo F. Barsch
Chester T. Beights
Mike L. Bell
Wesley N. Gray
Jacob Michelson
John A. Renner
Clin W. Simmons
Hubert J. Starr
Charles E. High
Fred H. Strelow
Joseph Schwalm
Alvin J. Bvram
Hillary Q.'L vies
Rufus C. Went
Roscoe W. Beene
Ebbie L. Boland
William A. Dowdy
Fred. Johnson
Henry C. Wvlie
John W. Abies
Charley B. Grubb
Howard P. Veight

Mechanics
Clyde S. Dunn
Anton Schodl
Joseph P. White
William E. Coats

PROVOST GUARD COMPANY

Captain Don M. Gleason
2nd Lieut. Albert L. Dumaine
2nd Lieut. William F. Foley
2nd Lieut. Harvey W. Stevenson

Buglers
Kenneth E. Erickson
Homei M. Perkins

Privates — First Class
Edward J. Bigheart
Conrad C. CUck
Bertis L. Cox
Robert V. Endicott
Alva A. Harmon
Herbert W. Hunt
Lewis F. Johnson
Oscar T. Lee
John T. Martin
Lewis G. Perkins
Orvall T. Prather
Charles T. Shaw
Gail Sisson
Ernest Sproles
Clarence E. Thomas
Albert Tre\-ino
Millard M. Wadsworth
Jimmie Walker
Albert C. Woods

Privates
Clarence W. Adams
Walter R. Adams
Horace Albert

First Sergeant Vernon G. Cahill
Supply Sergeant Jesse Wilkenfeld
Stable Sergeant Asa P. James

Eli Aldridge
Samuel A. Allison
John R. Anderson
Grady Ashley
Hugh A. Atchley
Oran C. Baker
Paul L. R. Baker
Claience C. Ballard
Manuel Balliett
Ernest W. Bales
Howard W. Barnes
George Bates
Harvey R. Baxter
Franklin T. Beavers
Robert W. Birmingham
Jesse E. Bolton
Perry N. Bone
Arthur S. Boyd
Alvin Brazell
William M. Brewer
Cecil P. Brown
EHsha F. Brown
Hardie H. Brown
Earl G. Buchanan
Robert D. Burge
Charles D. Campbell
Elijah H. Cain
James H. Cannada
Robert D. Cantwell

Raymond Can-
Robert H. Carter
WajTie A. Cassatt
Warren G. Colvin
Claud Lee Comer
OUver W. Conn
John S. Cook
Leonard A. Cook
Albert B. Cooper
James H. Cox
Lawrence Criwell
Walter C. Crites
Floyd Cummings
Charlie Dabtrom
Lewis P. Dalton
Charlie P. Dandridge
Oral F. Daniels
Sam D. Davis
Benjamin F. Denson
Eugene A. Dickson
Fritz R. DoUinger
Lemma Day
Robert E. Douglas
.Mbert Domhoefer
Oliver B. Duggins
John E. Edmiston
Ben Q. Ester
Earl L. Fleharty
Bruno Fahning

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PROVOST GUARD COMPANY

Ernest A. Farrack
Otto Federwisch
Albert Feller
Jesse L. Fountain
Charlie P. Fulkerson
Thomas J. Fuller
James C. Fester
Ernest Gaebler
Sidney C. Gattis
Jason R. Gender
Claude Gilbert
John Henry Glover
Herbert B. Godsey
Samuel E. Golden
Hilario Gomez
John Graeff
Murray H. Graham
Willie J. Granger
Claude Grey
Arbra E. Green
George J. Greener
Mason E. Gwinn
William Hairgrove
Audry L. Hale
Isaac C. HaU
Jack Hall
Alva Hamesley
William F. Hanson
Andrew C. Hassell
Charlie L. Haught
Adolph Havran
Paul Haupp
Ruby L. Hazelton
Daniel J. Heffley

Edward B. Heldin
Tilden B. Helmuth
Walter A. Hempel
Roy E. Higgason
Raymond P. Henton
Edward E. Helub
Russell Horton
Ora C. Houlton
William W. House
Rudolph A. Hartraan
Paul W. Hilbrich
James R. Howard
James W. Hudman
William B. Jackson
Harry B. James
Earl Jenson
John W. Johnson
Paul N. Johnson
Russell M. Johnson
Wilbur H. Johnson
William J. Johnston
Robert L. Jones
John Jurcak
Charles Q. Kargcr
George M. Keeling
Frank Kelly
John P. Kelly
James F. Kelly
Caleb W. Kempf
Fred L. Kempf
Roger L. Kesterson
William A. Kiker
John A. King
Clarence L. Kinyon

Henry Kitzman
Leo Knof

Charles W. F. Koch
• Edward Koeninger
Victor Kovalcik
Lawrence W. Korber
George E. Lacy
Oscar E. Lee
Gordon F. Lay
Nocklett Leiune
John B. Lindsey
Robert L. Logan
George Lord

Christian F. Lueckemeyer
Emil Lundeen
Paul N. Lutonsky
Rudolph E. Martin
Clarence E. Matthews
Leonard M. McBumey
William McDonough
John D. McKay
William McMillion
Floyd Mitchem
Luis Mocka
Henry G. Molzahn
Samuel Montgomery
Virge Morris
Oliver Moser
Joe R. Naegelin
Jack Nelson
Reinarth Nelson
Nicholas Neu
Leslie A. Newman
Jesse R. Nicholson

Andrew J. Nolen
Robert L. Odoms
Robert L. Oliver
Henry M. Parker
Floyd E. Patty
Jefferson D. Patterson
Norberti Perez
Luther Peveto
Clifton W. Phelps
Nicholas R. Phillips
James E. Pierce
Warner H. Plant
Frank L. Polka
Oscar T. Pollock
Fey B. Ponton
Hamp J. Porter
Albert R. Puryear
Troy D. Ray
James C. Reagan
Levi Reed
Gilford E. Reynolds
Walter L. Reynolds
Daniel Rugh
Geronimo Sanchez
John F. Sanford
Edward E. Sayer
Willie Srhulz
Willie Schwarting
Fred H. Sherman
Walter B. Sisk
Verdo A. Slaughter
Festus W. Smith
George M. Smith
Henry A. Smith

Tony H. Souris
Albert B. Spears
John Steen
Samuel P. Stofle
Raymond L. Strickland
Harvey H. Strong
William O. Stuart
Karl X. Sullivan
Swen V. Swenson
Jay D. Terry
John Eli Terry
Howard B. Thames
Robert L. Thomas
Levy W. Tomlison
Willie F. Turner
Frank Volney
Willie M. Wade
Erwin G. Wahl
Walter J. Waldrop
Isham Walker
Henry B. Wallace
Max Wallace
William A. Walraven
Edgar J. Warren
James C. Weddle
Arthur N. White
William M. White
Arthur S. Whitley
Junior L. Williams
Ira L. Wilson
WiUis B. Wilson
James L. Winter
Fred Witt
Bokker H. Wright

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t T it*

Truckmaster
1st Class Sergeant Clare H. Wood

Assistant Truckmasters
First Section
Sergeant Frank J. Frosh

Second Section
Sergeant William F. Williams

Third Section
Sergeant Raymond H. Becker

Company Clerk
Sergeant Raymond M. Nellan

Property Sergeant
Sergeant William A. Hanson

Mess Sergeant
Sergeant Richard R. Drabick

Cook
John T. Mahan

MOTOR TRANSPORT COMPANY 353
1st Lieut. Leslie C. Mefrem, M. T. C.

Dispatchers
Corp. A. Kantrowitz, Chief
Private Richard C. Leek, Asst.

Mechanics
Sergeant J. B. Leschinski, Chief
Corporal Samuel H. Vignes, Asst.
Private Richard Best, .\sst.
Private Herman A. .\rnold, .\sst.
Private James L. Kirby, Asst.

Mail Orderly
Sergeant Lester L. Stanger

Sergeants
John Bennett
Edwin R. Brown
John L. Grimm
Michael J. Harney
Henry J. Hughes
Elmer A. Huntzicker
David E. Kelley
Darrel S. Schuh
Orion N. Ward
John C. Weekly

Corporals
James A. Barrett
Andrew \. Costa
Claude Cox
George Ladenburg
Harry C. Leary
William J. Moran
Clifford McLeod
Leon Spradlin

Private — First Class
Charles D. McColley

Privates
George G. Abrahamson
Harvey W. Allen
Albert N. .\nderson
Clifford E. Anderson
James R. .Anderson
Carrol C. Barton
William R. Beeman
James M. Brandenburg
John A. Bullock
Archie Carraway
Richard T. Collins
Cecil E. Corgey
Earl M. Crump
Arthur T. Cruz
William E. Davidson

Joe M. Davis
Robert S. Davis
Jack J. Depuma
John \. Edwards
Paul E. Fielder
John Franko
John C. French
William R. Houck
Joseph W. Jackson
Frank Janda
Albert J. Jenson
Toby M. Kelley
Ernest R. Lowe
James N. Marks
Percy T. Meacham
Emit R. Owens
Mike Palermo
Frank H. Peltier
Walter P. Pittman
Mack W. Pitts
Albert E. Roles
Walter D. Sinks
Hubert A. Sperry
Fisher O. Stark
Benno Strempel
Walter S. Taylor
Homer D. L. Waid
William C. Webb
Arbie E. WiUingham

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MOTOR TRANSPORT CORPS DETACHMENT

Sergeants

Albert DeBaun
Benjamin W. Lattner
William W. Mullen
John Pytel
Stuart F. Swain
Marcus H. Trail

Corporal
James A. Bartlett

Privates — First Class

Leslie C. Howard
Arthur T. Mackey
Murry M. Steinkirchner

Privates

Charles W. Asher
Samuel H. Camp
David I. Cantu
Leslie Carter
Russ W. Clements
John E. Clendenen
Oscar M. Anderson
William B. Davis
Vollo O. Davis
Charlie Easley
Richard C. Edgeworth
Sam J. Eckstein
Richard Erven
William T. French
Herbert P. Gillespie
Abraham Ginzberg
James A. Godwin

Richard P. Griffin
Felix E. Hatley
Elmer B. Holland
Willis G. Huddleston
William H. Isenhour
Elmer J. Jaderborg
Remmie S. Jones
Maxie A. Kennon
Lawrence L. Kinghorn
Earl R. Lytle
Delma H. McCarley
Willis H. H. Miller
George W. Miller
Oscar S. Mo wry
Roman Neri
Albert Peebles
Clarence E. Parkhill
Herman Raab

Edward P. Reilly
Marion W. Ross
Floyd Schuman
Edward E. Schwartz
Frank A. Schmitz
John B. Sellers
Herbert S. Sinclair
Merton G. Shurley
Jerry M. Staggs
Herbert C. H. Stucke
Nicholas Sarchno
Harvey T. Snowden
Louis R. Stuart
Robert M. Tyus
Louis J. Velsir
Willie Wagner
Will R. Warren
Jim L. Williams
Cary C. White

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HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 85th INFANTRY
Continued from page 90

Privates
Fred Cowgill
Horace R. Cox
Melvin Crabb .
Roy Crandall
Arthur Darby
Robert B. Dennis
Jack J. DeSalme
Lawrence Dewees
Thomas J. Duncan
Colby E. Durden
Jake Eastman
Roy F. Fallis
Fred Fisher
Jose Flores
Edwin E. Fuchs
Benton M. Freeman
Oscar Fults
Jason D. Gammill
William C. Garsee
Charlie L. Glanton
Seth B. Gray
Edward Green
Floyd P. Green
Robert E. Griffen
Charlie L. Harris
Edwin F. Harrison
John E. Hill
Albert L. Henley
James C. Hickey
Roy Hodges
William H. Hodges

Thomas W. Hook
Homer S. Hopkins
Max James
NeiU H. Jay
Herbert E. Johnson
Dennis R. Jordan
Ernest D. Jordan
William C. Johnson
Robert R. Kapp
Roy O. Kay
Carl H. Kelley
Clyde C. KeUey
John Ketner
Josie D. Kinsey
Fred H. Klenk
Herman O. Korn
Harper W. Kloppenburg
Berthold E. Koenig
Theodore J. LeRoy
Jim S. Lavender
Bert Le%vter
Owen B. Lloyd
George T. Lott
Ygancoi Mancha
William O. Marshal!
Stanislaw Matuskv
Ike McCaffity
James E. McGee
Phillip McLeroy
Otho McMinn
William E. Medcalf
Ben Medlin

John T. Mgebroff
John T. Mims
Clyde C. Moore
Isaac N. Moore
Willie C. Motl
Walter Nesloney
Oran Nicholson
Phines S. Oliver
Bob Overand
Augustin Padilla
Willie J. Patterson
Norman Pederson
Marvin Phy
Hugo A. Piske
Floyd M. Rafferty
Joseph I. Rainwater
Bib Reeves
Goth C. Reichle
Charhe L. Reynolds
William S. Rich
Richard Riley
Buster Ring
Macedonia Roderiquez
Cannon E. Rowe
Newt P. Rutledge
James Scalf
Fred P. Shafferkoeter
Joe M. Shilling
Edgar Schmidt
Willie L. Sewell
Odie G. Shenks
Otto L. Shoemaker

Frank Sieger
John Sinke
Joe Sisa
Cassie Smith
William Smith
Edwin L. Stalmach
William Stott, Jr.
Robert Stott
Fredthoff Strom
Jesse F. Strong
Francis M. Taylor
Harman J. Taylor
Hobart Taylor
Otto Tegeler
James H. Teague
Albert C. Templeton
John V. Teutsch
Hays Venable
Ercel T. Warren
John C. Wasson
John T. Weeks
Mac B. Welch
Tim West
William O. West
Charlie M. Wiggins
Jesse J. Wilkenson
Fred L. Wurzbach
Daniel Zarillo
Oswald E. Zieschang
Sabas Zuniga

SUPPLY COMPANY, 85th INFANTRY

Continued from page 92

Wagoners
John H. King
Manley T. Kirby
Robert F. Kizziar
Willie Lampe
Walter J. Leschper
Walter G. Locklier
Samuel A. Lawton
William H. Lusk
John F. Manning
Henr>' E. Medford
Robert Marek
William B. Massey
Jewell K. McMillan
Walter J. Nowell
James J. Ott
Pies. Parker
Steve T. Pruett
Elmer Patton
Pete Ponds
Archie L. Purser
Paul B. Quillian

Calvin R. Reid
Herbert Rom pel
Ben W. Regner
Sidney M. Stinson
William C. Stokes
Maynard Sampler
Coleman Y. Slaton
Edwin Stephens
Jesse D. Taylor
Clyde O. Thrower
James .\. Tolbert
John H. O. Truede
Cody H. Tucker
Ben F. Tallant
Roy A. Upton
Dan. Wilpitz
Nathan D. Winnett
Richard Williams
Everett WiLson
Leon C. Wi.x
Marron T. Yancev

Privates — First Class
Thomas J. Buchanan
John Case
Joseph Corey
Marion Green
Charles H. Haire
Joe L. Jolly
Sanders S. Pace
Roy Sturde\ant
Robert Schuenemann
Herbert Thuesen
Privates
Irvon M. Atherton
E. R. Brasher
Harry Brown "
Frank M. Barton
Harold Bellows
Lewis W. Barger
Thea L. Bradshaw
George \V. Davis
John Flores

Standlee AL Gameson

Steven Isdal

Monroe Livesay

Fred ilartin

Ernest G. Meyer

Henr\- G. ilcGowen

Joseph B. McCartney

Louie Poli

John E. Rudolph

Charlie T. Ramthum

Jim Smith

Clyde B. Sweetman

Alfred .\. Schrimscher

Grover Shanks

Jones R. Stanlev

Arthur T. Self '

Rufus F. Taylor

Privates — Ordnance Detachment

John F. Donovan

Alfred Fischer

Raymond H. Kirschner

George T. Reidv

COMPANY "F," 35th INFANTRY
Continued from page 1^4

Corporals
Earl R. Roubidoux
Edward P. Pelate
Aaron Hall
Homer Williams

Cooks
John B. McMunn
Edward W. Rickey
Frank W. Simpson
Stephen Laskowski

Mechanics
George Hunter
Paul Riggs
Bert Rhodes
Samuel S. Myers

Buglers
James L. Hoffman
John Szura

Privates — First Class
Nicholas Adamopolous
Gust P. Bassas

Otto Braza

Stuart G. Cavell
Albert F. Daiker
Erail G. Dalluege
Grel Denes
Herman C. Fivash
Helmuth C. Frahm
William Fraunhofer
John E. Gehrke
John W. Glesener
Benjamin E. Johnson
Hans B. Johnson
Joseph Johnson
McKinley Johnson
Arthur E. Johnston
Charles N. Joyner
Joseph Kirsvnuski
George A. Klockziem
Charles Kelena
William Knop. Jr.
George A. Kunz
Ludwik Lagud

Elmer T. Land
Cecil C. Leathers
Paul Leedom .
Clarence B. Lewis
William Love
.Wex. Magowski
Loney Martinez
Frank Michalski
John E. ilooney
Gust Mercuris
Prokopii Owseichik
John Paris
.\rthur D. Pratt
Harrj' .\. Prowell
George Rae
Frank C. Roberts
Stefan Sachanko
George F. Sawtell
Adam Scazny
Henry F. Schwass
William Sewell
Harry B. Shugart

Dave F. Yenosdell
.\ndy Zdillae

Privates

Joseph Bernstein
Ashley H. Doak
Joseph Eurich
Peter A. Franzen
Lewis V. Hart
Olie Henderson
Jess C. Hurlburt
Edward W. Jeppe
Joseph Kozma
Fred R. Krause
Joseph Kuczmarski
.\lbert Ladwig
Louis F. Lohse
John McCarthy
Silvio Milani
Boyd MundeU
Curtis C. Newman
.\lbert W. Xolting

John Paraskevopolous
Hobert W. Pestle
Ben H. Phillips
Tony Pliewik
John Polcynski
John Pugel
Elwood J. Pacicot
Bohumil Routa
Roy W. Shaul
George F. Shyer
Thomas J. Slinger
Earl A. Smith
George B. Smith
Jakub Staruck
Edward F. Stiller
James J. Svihla
Frank Terselich
Joseph W. Williams
Harvey H. Williamson
Sideris Zaferis
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1st' Lieut. Joseph J. Kavanagh
1st Lieut. Roland R. Cross

BOARD OF REVIEW

Left to right
Captain Harry D. Wiley,

President of Board
Captain A. B. Middle ton

1st Lieut. L. A. Bingaman
Captain John S. Turner

MEDICAL EXAMINING BOARD, MUSTERING OUT STATION

First row, left to right
1st Lieut. Robert H. Howard
Captain F. W. Sorell
Captain H. C. Creveling
Major Edward Bailey
Captain O. V. Schroeter
Captain S. D. Whiting
Captain 0. H. Fitzgerald

Second row
1st Lieut. Jacob Ader
1st Lieut. Ralph Lovelady
1st Lieut. J. F. Traxler
Captain A. W. Gifford
1st Lieut. M. I. Stein
1st Lieut. Herman B. Seebold

Third row
1st Lieut. John W. Baldwin
1st Lieut. P. L. Hays
1st Lieut. William J. Baker
Captain F. F. Finney

Fourth row
1st Lieut. H. G. Hcrschle
1st Lieut. L. M. Bush
1st Lieut. Eugene Calvelli
1st Lieut. D. H. Nisbet
1st Lieut. S. W. Reeves

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William R. Abel
Celestine Amoral
James S. Armstrong
Omer C. Arnold
Henson Atkinson
Jesse L. Bailey
Thomas C. Baldwin
Floyd F. Ballard
Emmet O. Bammel
Charles O. Baxter
Eugene O. Beaver
Emil F. Beck
Charlie Beinhauer
Jacob L. Benson
Jefferson C. Benson
Fred J. Berger
Tommie M. Best
Heno' B. Biles
Edward Bilkasky
Jesse Bischop
Luther D. Bivins
Elon G. Blakey
Alexander Borch
Herbert R. Bocock
Sydney J. Bodine .
Frank Boehle
Joseph V. Boemer
Milvern Bolton
Clifton Boss
Frank Boutellier
Martin F. Boze
Charlie Brinkraeyer
Dewitt T. Bristown

Lemoard E. Brinson
Jason C. Brown
Robert B. Brown
John Buliach
Herman E. Burbrink
Otis L. Burdine
Walter R. Burks
Paul Butler
Joseph P. Caffey
Thomas H. Campbell
Earl E. Campbell
Joe H. Canfield
Raymond R. Caperton
John R. Carlson
Corinto Carmignani
Claby Carrol
Levi Carruth
Yee Bey Chee
Victor C. Clarke
Walter N. Clarkson
Joseph E. Cockerham
James L. Cockran
Amos J. Cogdill
Walter E. Colbum
Charles M. Collier
Marion H. Collier
Grant Collins
Henr\- Collins
Harvey A. Colvin
Claud L. Cook
Ramon Cortez
John H. Craig
Archie Crane

Rue D. Crawford
Marion E. Crume
David C. Dalton
Siebert Damm
John S. Davidson
Charles F. Da\'is
James E. Davis
John A. Debus
Ralph Deguardi
Guido DelPapa
John J. Denneny
Warren P. Dieferderfer
Edward Dirks
Robert A. Dixon
Owen W. Dorien
Earl F. Duckworth
Bruce B. Duncan
Robert V. Duncan
George M. Dunn
Edmond Dunwoody
Owen A. Dutton
George R. Dyer
Carl D. Earle
Elbert Edwards
John Exconomindis
Lee S. Estes
Jesse J. Farris
Gilbert Fischer
Toney Fischer
Earl D. Fisher
Lee F. Flake
John R. Fleming
Henr>' E. Flenner

Willis Floyd
Lewis H. Foley
H. M. Forste
Edgar Franks
Grady Fuller
Charles Galbaby
Sylvester Gandet
Gus Gandre
Ignacio P. Garcia
Leopoldo Garcia
Wladyslaw Gawrj^lczyk
Bernhardt L. Geldmeier
Chailey Gessman
Virgil L. Gilbert
Lester Gill
Henr>' H. Gimdt
George W. Glunt
Otto Goldapp
Orville E. Golding
Louis A. Goldstein
George Gonter
James C. Goodwin
Michael Gotch
Oliver W. Gott
Josh Graham
James G. Grantham
Art Gray
Orland O. Green
Ray Green
Ben J. Greving
Alvro E. Griffin
Lee Griffin
Robert T. Guthrie

Nathan Handelman
John C. Hard>Tues
Robert R. Harris
James W. Harr>-aman
Ernest Hartfield
Mathew C. Hartley
Roland K. Harvey
Benjamin W. Hawthorn
Edward V. Hayes
Lee Helton
Francis Henderson
Rufus C. Henson
Elmer C. Herbkersman
John J. Herbst
George R. Herbin
Lem Herring
William F. Herron
Bernard J. Higgins
Hallie E. Hill
Luther G. Hilliard
John W. Honea
Martin F. Housch
Clarence J. House
Justin Howard
Ernest B. Howell
John A. Hubbert
.Alfred W. Hudson
Horace A. Hunt
Floid P. Ivey
Elert H. Jacobson
Mose Jacobstein
Albert Jangel
Emil L. Janisch

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SCHOOL FOR BAKERS AND COOKS

John T. Jenkins
Ford C. Jewel!
Bruno R. Johns
Charles H. Johnson
Clyde C. Johnson
Glenn G. Johnson
Robert T. Johnson
Roy D. Johnson
Arthur Joiner
Ennis R. Jones
Lionel Jones
Thomas Jones
William O. Jones
Weslie E. Josiassen
Frank Juarez
Alfred G. Kahn
Henry Kaufman

Stanley Kayden
Bryan Kear
Arthur R. Kellv
Albert S. Kendall
Alexander S. Kendrick
Henry Kerchofs
Edgar J. Kinard
Oscar C. King
Frederick W. Kitcher
John Klimowski
Oscar F. Knauth
Roy F. Knowles
Carl F. Koehler
Frank Koncel
Joseph Kontz
William Kopta
Ben J. Kosug

John H. Kotrla
Louis Krenz
Joseph W. Kuerschen
Edwin A. Lambrecht
James J. Lanier
Otto R. Lankford
George V. Leber
Fred Lehde
Herman Lendway
Anthonv Leonelli
Elbert A. Lesly
James R. Lewis
Alejandro Lichtenberger
Frank H. Lidgett
Melvin Litten
Charles Long
Reagan Long

John Lontos
Frank J. Lopez
Leonard L. Lowrence
John W. Loven
Cornelius Lynch
Lloyd L. Lynch
Edward A. Lyon
Roscoe C. Mack
Charles R. Mackey
John J. MacVoy
James A. Maddux
Roy A. Magnuson
Rube W. Marler
Claud H. Martin
Fred A. Martin
John W. Martin
Julian Martin

Lester B. Martin
Ollie Mattingly
Horace Maxwell
James A. Maxwell
J. Carlton McAfee
Robert C. McCauley
Fred C. McCleUan
Roy McClendon
Lawrence McCombs
George B. McCormick
Oliver A. McCormick
James F. McCowen
Walter A. McCreary
Arthur N. McCuen
Carl N. McDaniel
Claudie G. McDonald
Continued on page 299

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1st Lieut. Charles O. Huger

FIRE TRUCK AND HOSE COMPANY No. 315
2nd Lieut. Joseph L. Hogan Quartermaster Sergeant John M. Cross, Chief Engineer

Sergeants — First Class

Fred Harvey
Claud A. Hart
Louis H. Heacock
Thomas A. AVorrell
Walter D. Marshall

Sergeants

William L. Newhouse
Henry M. Toudouze
Bias M. Quintero
Sidney B. Walraven
John D. Rizzo

Privates — First Class

Willie F. Basham
Paul S. Graham
Euell E. Geen
Tillman C. Nichols
George C. Thomas
Arthur J. Carney
Jesse Kelley
Floyd C. Francisco
John N. Richardson

Privates
Alex K. Abramson

Tony Amico
Lee R. Anderson
Rufus S. Anderson
John M. Baker
James B. Beck
Charles O. Benson
John Bernard
Tom W. Brown
Harold R. Parr
Oscar G. Bunger
Thomas Y. Butler
James M. Canter
Joseph Cashion
Thomas W. Duffel

J. B. Francis, Jr.
John J. Donohue
William O. Good
Paul Farris
.\rchie Graham
James R. London
Homer A. ^lahan
Roy D. Martin
George B. Mayfield
James R. McClure
Robert W. Mcllvain
Wallace V. McMorries
William H. Overturf
Edward L. Bvers

Victor H. Peterson
James A. Rea
Arthur L. Savage
John W. Scott
Jim Theodorian
Don D. Wallen
Dallas West
C. T. McMuUen
Remon B. Lopez
Charles O. Benson

THEY HAD THE M. P. BUFFALOED

Here's the Only Outfit That Could Break the Speed Limit-
Fire Department

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CAMP TRAVIS FIRE DEPARTMENT was estab-
lished July 27, 1917, and consisted of one borrowed
horse-drawn apparatus from San Antonio. This
apparatus carried 750 feet of hose. The personnel con-
sisted of soldiers and civilians employed by the McKenzie
Construction Co.

Under the direction of Captain Harry L. Collins, 16oth
Depot Brigade, the first fire marshal, the Fire Department
was equipped with six triple combination pumping engines
and one chemical car. This apparatus is housed in four
stations in Camp Travis and one station at Remount
Station No. 2. Captain Collins was succeeded by First
Lieutenant C. O. Huber, fire marshal, and Second Lieu-
tenant J. L. Hogan, assistant fire marshal, who are now
in charge.

The alarm system terminates in Fire Station No. 1,
known as headquarters, and alarms are transmitted simul-
taneously to all other stations by means of a belt line and
Gamewell fire alarm system. The camp is divided into
fourteen fire zones, and a running card has been provided
indicating what apparatus will respond to fires within a
certain zone on first and second alarms.

Instruction is given to the men by efficient instructors
who have held responsible positions with fire departments
of cities having most modern fire equipment. This instruc-
tion includes hose and ladder practice, carrying lines with
and without water pressure, up fire ladders or stairways.
Test runs are made at night and fire conditions are assim-
ilated as nearly as possible. Comments and criticisms
are made on these runs, and drivers instructed as to short-

est routes to take to reach certain points, avoiding sharp
turns. Crews are permitted to go sight-seeing frequently
for the purpose of famiUarizing themselves with the loca-
tion of water plugs, streets, etc.

In addition to fire fighting, firemen are required to act
as inspectors of the various fire appliances distributed
throughout the camp. Appliances in barracks and quarters
are inspected weekly by firemen of the different stations;
warehouses are inspected daily by non-commissioned
officers, and weekly by the fire marshal or his assistant.
It is this careful fire prevention work that has helped
materially to reduce fires in this camp to a mini-
mum.

In addition to the motor fire apparatus there are located
in the different zones tliirty-six hose reels, fully equipped,
which are manned by the organizations occupying the
buildings near which they are located. Hand-drawn
chemical engines are also placed near some of the more
important buildings. Five thousand, five hundred feet
of two and one-half inch fire hose is carried on the several
apparatus composing the Camp Travis Fire Department,
which can be laid into ten lines, each of which will have
engine pressure.

In the event of an alarm at night the men can clothe
themselves and be ready to leave the house within fifteen
seconds after an alarm is turned in. In one instance, when
time was taken, a run of several blocks was made and a
stream of water was playing on the supposed fire one
minute and thirty seconds after the receiver was first
taken from a fire alarm telephone nearby.

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Continued from page 297

Sedric E. McEachern
Lawrence McFarland
James J. ilcGivney
Thomas V. McGrath
(leorge C. McGreev y
Paul McHenry
Ross D. Mcllhenny
Gordon R. McKissack
Leonard McLemore
Earl B. McMahen
James J. McMahen
Albert S. McMickle
James R. Mearham
Charles G. Meyers
Joseph A. Mitchell
William V. Mitchell
Joe T. Moore
Ivan H. Morris
Gordon M. Morrison
Edward S. Morrow
Lee Moseley
Elbert Mullin
Elbert A. Munger
Walter W. Murray
Adolph J. Myers
Joe F. Mynar
Cleveland Xayer
Bernard O. Newmann
Ramon Novak
Joseph O'Donnell
John T. Ofzcarzak
Andrew G. O'Leary
Bernard Olshanski
Dan O'Meara
Pedro Ortega
William V. Osborne
John W. Otto
Ira M. Owens
Samuel M. Pack
Louis Pallaye
Ordin \ . Parker

Ralph E. Parnell
Omer Paschall
Irl Paswater
Thomas Patronelli
Lamar Paul
Walter Peters
James E. Phillips
Oscar W. Phillips
Americo Puerotti
Wm. E. Polster
Little O. Porter
Charles E. Price
Fred Price
Eugene O. Proctor
Kyle H. Purdy
Emil H. Quasi
Richard Ralmondo
Robert B, Rathbun
Claud H. Reagan
George B. Reed
James W. Richardson
Charles E. Riehl
Ernest R. L. Risse
Oba Roberts
Wade S. Roberts
Irwin H. Robinson
Luther Rochelle
Percy B. Rogers
Earl W. Ross
Oscar L. Rowlett
Porter F. Rusk
Joseph Salachna
James J. Salla\-
Cleve J. Schacklett
Kurt T. Scharf
Joe R. Schley
Edward W. Schmidt
Henry P. Schmitt
Arthur Schnoor
John Schuck
William H. Schultz

Bernhard P. Schulze
Alvah H. Scott
Winfred G. Scott
Mid Seale
Charles J. Sharman
Robert E. L. Scheffield
John T. Shelton
Thomas J. Shipley
Leslie Short
Ernest Simmons
Brownie A. Sims
Ernest T. Sims
Mathew Simon
Willie L. Slaton
John W. Slawson
Bruce M. Smith
Charles F. Smith
Elmer J. Smith
Frank H. Smith
Hubert R. Smith
Walter T. Smith
\'erdon E. Speer
Perry R. Spicer
Otis Spikes
Ernest H. Stanberry
John J. Stanitis
Raymond S. Steinbacher
Tonev Stock
Kyle'H. Stokes
Frank Stoklasa
Ivan W. Stone
James H, Stout
Joe N. Strahan
Charles R. Sturn
Bryant A. Sullivan
\'ern C. Suydam
Gerhard P. Synatschk
Elgin F. Talley
Thomas W. Terry
Charles B. Thomas
Clay Thomjjson

Joe A. Thrash
Bernard H. Thuman
John W. Tidwell
Earl O. Tillerson
George Tribble
Stanley Tomkiewcz
Harry Trovarelli
Robert S. Truesdell
Charles N. Turner
Thomas A. Underwood
John J. Ungrady
Wm. D. Vass
David W. Vaughn
John M. Venker
Joseph D. Verchereau
Aloisius Wachter
Eugene A. Wallen
Theodore R. Walff
William H. Walters
Elmer H. Warden
Hugh B. Watters
Albert L. Welch
Orland W. Wells
John P. Wenzel
Joe S. Wheeler
Charles J. White
Ernest M. V. W^hite
John F. Wick
Theo. O. Wilke
Billie C. WilUams
Earl E. Williams
Edgar Williams
Ernest J. Williams
Frank R. Williams
James A. Williams
JI. E. WilUams
Joseph P. Williamson
Charles Williard
William A. Willis
Floyd M. Wilsie
Joe C. Wilson

Roy Wilson
Harry Wiltbanks
Frank J. Witkowski
Alexander Wojcik
Dink W. Wood
Seth Wood
Robert H. Wooley
William M. Wueritz
Stanley J. Zadwadski
Adolph Zobal
Jim 15. Adams
Howard Bcnefiel
Emmet R. Bowerman
O. D. Bell
Roy J. Block
.\loin S. Baumbach
John W. Bigon
John Cesnovar
Edgar Rov Cameron
Fred W. Ebel
Paul W. Frost
.\lbert Griffin
Leonard E. Haug
John Hacay
Rymond D. Harris
Joseph Jarrzynka
Efford Lawrence
Ira C. Manire
John M. Morgan
Wm. T. Mc.\mis
Williard H. Purfeerst
Andres Rodgriguez
Pearl A. Scott
George C. Strong
Arthur A. Steyart
Oscar B. Smith
Walter S. Williams
Cecil C. Williams
Floyd R. Womack
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Sergeants — First Class

Theodore D. Comman
John S. Surber
Clarence E. Gibbs
Howard P. Halsey
Verne Breazeale
David B. Whitehurst
William L. Bell
Leslie C. Belden

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1st Lieut., M.T.C., David A. McGale

Sergeants

Joel A. Clark
Roger B. Davenport
Michael Mahelsky
P. Stanley Crocker
Artemus Driggers
John A. Bleyer

Cook
Elmer G. Adams

Corporals
William J. Treahy
Joseph E. Tremblay
John Zadejko
William E. Anderson
George W. Falk

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Privates — First Class

Frank Bowling
Francis E. Noonan
George J. Anderson
Dennis T. Callahan
Albert J. Cronan
Milton \V. Dooley
Lawrence A. Jennings

Marvin E. Rutherford
Charles Loeffler
Louis F. Yates

Privates

Loy L. Abernathy
Rudolph Feyrer
Thomas Karr

Fred W. Langerhans
Arthur B. Youngs

Men on Special Duty

Henry A. Brewster
Jim H. Deberry

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BKlGADlEk-GENEKAL W. H. JOHNSTON AND STAFl-

General Johnston commanded the famous Texas Brigade of the 90th Division, composed of th; 359th and 360th Infantry
and the 345th Machine Gun Battalion. The men of these units upheld the best fighting traditions of the Lone Star State

THEY HELPED ROUT AUTOCRACY

Ninetieth Division Overcame Great Handicaps and Made Raw Rookies into

Soldiers Feared by Huns

IT was in early September of 1917 that long trains
began to empty crowds of civilians into the partially
completed Camp Travis. There were farmer boys
from Texas and Oklahoma, dazed by the rapidity with
which the selective draft had taken them from their homes
to make them soldiers of the republic. There were round-
shouldered, pale-faced young men from the stores and
offices of the cities. They huddled together and wondered
what was coming ne.xt.

It was in late May and early June of 1918 that columns
of erect, well-trained yoimg soldiers silently boarded once
more the long lines of trains. There were no pale faces,
no round shoulders. Each man was in the pink of phy-
sical condition. There was nothing of uncertainty in their
faces. These men knew that they were embarking on the
first stage of a journey which they hoped would end in
Berlin. They were stern-faced. They had a job to do
and they knew how to do it.

That in brief is the history of the Ninetieth Division, a
division which was in the last grip with the forces of autoc-
racy, a division which left its dead on many Argonne
fields under the little white crosses; a division which fought
with veteran brilliancy until that November day when the
order came to cease fire.

There was the usual confusion in the beginning of the
trainings but there was no failure in achieving the desired
result. The men of Texas and Oklahoma, called to service
under the President's proclamation, were crude at first;
but when they left Camp Travis in the first flush of the
summer they were as perfectly trained as any division
that ever left an American camp.

Results began to show early. Major General Henry T.
Allen, commander of the division, had a staff which the
War Department had selected with care. Problems of

training were quickly solved and programs of work put
into effect. After less than a month of the first rudiments
of military training the 360th Regiment went on a six-
mile hike without having a man drop out. The farmer
boys, the clerks, the mechanics were learning the business
of soldiering rapidly. Col. C. H. Conrad, Jr., who was in
command of that hike, had only words of praise for the
men who, but four weeks before, had been going about
their civilian business, not knowing squads east from
squads west.

Just four weeks from the time the first of the Ninetieth's
men came into the wilderness which Stone and Webster
men were pounding into a cantonment, 2,000 men were
reviewed by Major General Allen. They were of the
360th, a regiment that was to later fire some of the many
"last shots" into the retreating Huns. General Allen, at
that early date, expressed his faith in his men and his
opinion that the division would make history, just as the
fathers and grandfathers of the Texans and Oklahomans
had made history in previous wars.

It was not until October 14 that the Ninetieth's men
really began to feel that they were real soldiers. On that
day 550 rifles of the 1917 model came to Camp Travis.
Previous work had been done with the wooden guns so
much in vogue in the early days of America's entry into
the war. But the men who had used wooden guns soon
learned to use the genuine weapwn. Piles of dead Huns
in the Argonne testify to that fact.

Work was intensive. Over in Fort Worth the National
Guardsmen were being trained in the Thirty-sixth Di-
vision. They had the advantage of long months on the
border in 1916. The Ninetieth had to go some to over-
come that handicap but in the end they won out. The
Ninetieth was in France when the Thirty-sixth was still

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having "last final grand reviews" on Fort Worth's dusty
streets. Pluck and perseverance showed what the National
Army could do.

Texas, the state which was once a republic holding
against Mexico a long stretch of valuable frontier, a state
whose history has been written in the blood of those
martyrs to liberty, Crockett, Bowie and Travis, a state
which defied the efforts of German junkers to colonize
within its boundaries, gave to the Ninetieth the famous
Texas Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. W. H. Johnston.
This consisted of the 359th and 360th Infantry and the
345th Machine Gun Company. How well it upheld the
fighting traditions of Texas another historian will tell when
the peace treaty is signed and the world war is ended.
Fragments of press dispatches indicate that it will add
another chapter to the glorious history of the Lone Star
State. In this brigade were none but Texas men and
Texas officers.

The Ninetieth Division had hardships of which the men
of the Eighteenth knew nothing. When the Camp
Travis pioneer troops arrived the cantonment was not
completed. There was a lack of many of the comforts to
which the Eighteenth's men have always been accustomed.
It was not until November that W. N. Patten gave the
final pay checks to the Stone & Webster men and the
Camp Travis of to-day was finally completed.

Back home the soldiers left anxious loved ones. The
whole idea of an army on a selective service basis was so
new that many relatives of the men had fears and worries
which were agitated by Hun propagandists. The new
soldiers, caught in the whirl of military activities, were not
as diUgent letter writers as they might have been. To
tell the people of Texas and Oklahoma just how things
were going in camp, how well the boys were being fed and
cared for, how they amused themselves in their leisure
hours and how they were being rounded out into fearless
and physically fit American soldiers was the duty of the

publicity bureau of the camp and so on November 13 the
news bureau was established and clever articles went back
to the home-town papers. It was a morale measure which
proved a tremendous success.

In the early days of the division's training there was no
place for the visitors to camp to see their soldier kinsmen
except in the barracks or at the Y. M. C. A. buildings,
which at that time were not numerous. It meant much
to the soldiers to have the Hostess House open on No-
vember 18, 1917. It brought the touch of home so needed
in the city of unpainted barracks and Texas mud.

It was on November 20 that the men of the division
first went into the trenches. Major George Grunert had
worked out an intricate trench system and the Ninetieth's
soldiers soon were learning to go over the top with the
pep and momentum they had shown in their previous
military training.

Many of the men now in France if asked to name the
greatest day in the division's history, prior to the battle
period, would say Thanksgiving Day, 1917, for it was on
that memorable occasion that the aviators from Kelly
Field, who had counted on a sweeping football victory
over the doughboys, went down to bitter defeat before a
crowd of 20,000 spectators in the Camp Travis stadium.
The score was twelve to seven and the team of the Nine-
tieth included: Madden, Tuck, Diller, Dittmar, Lane,
Simpson, Hart, Puett, Grigg, Dotson and Prendergast.

Among the Oklahomans in the Ninetieth's ranks were
several thousand Indians. Chiefs of tribes, many of them
millionaires by reason of large oil holdings, became $30-
a-month men and quickly adapted themselves to the white
man's system of military training.

Late in May tearful girls — for the division's men could
love like they could fight — wiped their eyes as jitneys
brought them back to San Antonio from farewells. Out
in the darkness the "rebel yell" could be heard as the
trains pulled out. The Ninetieth was going away.

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BATTLE HISTORY OF THE NINETIETH DIVISION

Texas Fighting Traditions Were Brilliantly Upheld by Soldiers

Who Trained at Travis

By BRIGADIER GENERAL J. P. O'NEIL, Commanding 90th Division

Editor's Note: This battle history of the Ninetieth Division is the first complete account of its
engagements to be published. It is prepared e.-pecially for "Camp Travis and its Part in the
World War" by Brigadier General J. P. O'Neil, who took command of the division when Major
General Henry T. Allen was placed in command of the Eighth Army Corps. The brevity of the story
does not lessen its significance, nor do the unadorned phrases hide the great achievements with
which they deal. This is enough for Texas and Oklahoma: "The Ninetieth Division never with-
drew from a foot of ground it had been ordered to hold. It fulfilled every mission assigned in
less than the time allotted." There is the whole story of the Ninetieth. Volumes could not em-
bellish that record.

Division sailed
The majority,

CERTAIN units of the Ninetieth
direct from New York to France,
however, passed through England. On arrival the
165th Field Artillery Brigade was sent to the artillery
training area near Bordeaux. The remainder of the
division was concentrated in training area No. 14
with headquarters at Aignay-le-Duc, a
picturesque village near Dijon. Here
the troops underwent six weeks of
training under supervision of experts from
General Headquarters, assisted by officers
of the French Army, who praised our men
highly for their ardor and skill. From
the training area the di\'ision moved to
the vicinity of Toul, where it relieved the
First Division, its sector extending from
Pont-a-Mousson westward to Limey.
Preparations for the St. Mihiel drive
had already begun. The sector by day
seemed deserted, but at night patrols
pushed into No-Man's-Land cleaning
abandoned trenches and cutting wire,
while in rear every road was crowded
with trucks, gims, men and tanks moving
to position. At 5 a. m., September
12th, after an artillery preparation of
four hours, the division assaulted. By
2 p. m. all objectives had been reached,
in spite of steep ravines, dense wood,
barbed wire, steel nets, concrete trenches,
and machine guns. At one point the
infantry was held, but fire delivered by
the 153rd Field Artillery Brigade broke
the resistance.

During the night of September 12th and 13th, the
infantry exploited the success. One battalion in Bois
Venchere encountered two regiments of hostile infantry.
A hand-to-hand struggle ensued in which the enemy was
routed.

On the 14th, the Norroy quarries and Bois de Pretre
were carried, and on following day the advance continued
till the Hindenburg line was reached. On the 23rd, a
raiding party penetrated that line, a feat accomplished,
it is believed, by only one other division during the St.
Mihiel operations. Throughout the advance and the. en-
suing period of reorganization, the enemy from positions

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J. P. O'NEIL,
Brigadier General

east of the Moselle maintained a heavy and continuous
fire, which not only enfiladed our positions, but came
diagonally from the rear.

On October 10th the Ninetieth Division was reUeved
by the Seventh Division, and immediately embussed for
the Verdun sector. Before the last elements arrived
there it moved forward as reserve
of the Third Corps. On the night of
October 21st and 22nd, the division
reUeved the Fifth Division in Bois des
Rappes. At 3 p.m., October 23rd, ad-
vancing in the midst of a tremendous
artillery duel, it took and held the
towns of Bantheville and Bourrut and
the high grounds northwest of them.
During the next week the division im-
proved its pMDsition, reaching the Banthe-
\'ille-Aincreville road and holding it
despite the hostile artillery fire which
veterans of Cantigny and Soissons state
was during this period the most terrific
they had ever experienced.

On November 1st at 5.30 a.m., after
two hours of artillery preparations, the
di\ision again assaulted, encountering
the bes.t divisions of the German army.
The fighting was desperate, the hostile ar-
tillerymen firing over open sights till sur-
rotmded. Our infantry was splendidly
supported by seventy-fives of the 155th
Field Artillery Brigade.

When the infantry was held, batteries
galloped forward under machine gun
fire, and in spite of losses literally blew
the hostile positions off the map. By 9 p.m. the entire
Freya line, including Hill 243 and the town of Villers-
devant-Dun, had been taken. The division pressed the
pursuit, reaching the Meuse on November 3rd and taking
Wisepf)e on November 5th.

On November 9th it crossed the river, and after a night
march of twenty kilometers again attacked. By 4 p.m.,
November 10th, Baalon was taken, and our troops were
fighting in Stenay from which the enemy were driven
during the night. The average advance made by the
division at St. Mihiel was six kilometers, and at Verdun
twenty-two kilometers.

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Presentation of Colors to Texas Brigade of 90th Division

The division was under fire from August 20th to No-
vember 11th with the exception of seven days occupied in
changing sector — seventy-five days without relief. During
that time it went over the top in two major offensives and
seven minor operations, not counting the exploitations
and pursuits, and was still advancing when halted by the
armistice.

The division captured 25 pieces of heavy artillery, 36
trench mortars, 122 light machine guns, 72 heavy machine
gims, 903 rifles, and immense quantities of ammunition
and stores. It also took prisoners, 32 officers and 1844
men.

Casualties amounted to 37 oflScers and 1042 men killed ;
62 officers and 1257 men seriously wounded; 123 officers
and 4671 men slightly wounded; 81 officers and 2094 men
gassed, and 7 officers and 236 men missing. Of the gassed
there were 17 deaths, and 1204 were evacuated.

The Ninetieth Division never withdrew from a foot of
groimd it had been ordered to hold. It fulfilled every
mission assigned in less than the time allotted. It has
had less than half a dozen battle stragglers charged against

its record. Not only did it gain the objectives in every
operation in which it took part, but it never failed to reach
and pass the exploitation line. At the conclusion of the
armistice the Ninetieth Division was assigned with the
Eighty-ninth, its comrade throughout the campaign, to
the Seventh Corps of the Third Army.

As part of the Seventh Corps, the division marched from
Stenay across Luxemburg to Rhenish Prussia. The Sev-
enth Corps having been designated as reserve of the Third
Army, the Ninetieth Division shortly before Christmas
settled into winter quarters along the Moselle River in the
vicinity of Berncastel, where it was rejoined by the 165th
Field Artillery Brigade.

From mobilization to the close of the campaign the
division was commanded by Major General Henry T.
Allen.

Shortly after the conclusion of the armistice General
Allen was assigned to command the Eighth Army Corps.
Command of the division then passed to Brigadier General
J. P. O'Neil, who continued in command during the march
into Germany, as part of the army of occupation.

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COMPANY "F," 218th ENGINEERS

Continued from page S06

Lester E. Biddle
Ludwig Blume
William H. Bodine
Charles W. Brice
Rajinond J. Cassell
Frederick C. Champignon
\'incenzo Cippolone
John L. Clementz
Jacob Deckman
John W. Detrick
Anthony J. Dietrich
Raymond E. Dorr
Joseph R. Forgue

Matt Gastrom
William Glatstein
Julius Grossman
Lester J. Grover
William R. Grover
John L. Guthrie
Clifford C. Hansen
John J. Halaszek
Frank Hennick
James W. Hopper
Hiram G. Hunter
Ra>Tnond Lee
Arthur W. Lenihan

Fiore Martella
Henr>- Mason
Frank Mateer
Frank Miskieloric
Charles R. Moranville
Charles Parliament
Robert E. Pearson
Alfonso Piano
William Louis Powell
Robert J. Power
William G. Pruitt
Jasper H. Purcell
Benjamin Rappelyea

Paul H. Raymond
Oscar Swabinger
Manuel Shelton
Ernest E. Strosnider
Harvey Taylor
Oscar Thirkildsen
John J. Thompson
Patrick Tighe
Paoli Viola
Robert A. Walker
Adren Westbrook
William Lee Wilson

Sergeant — First Class
John A. Phillips, Jr.

Sergeants
Luther Duncan
Sherman W. Flowers
Karl G. Greiner
Stone Steele
Clovis B. Willingham

Corporals
Charles A. Doss

18th SANITARY TRAIN
Continued from page $17

AMBULANCE COMPANY No. 271
1st Lieut. Ross E. Pridgen, M.C., Commanding
1st Lieut. John Dimon, M.C. 1st Lieut. W^illiam E. Lyon, M.C.

Mathias P. Hirt
Thomas C. Grogan
John E. HoUiway
Joseph R. M. Paxron

Cooks
Sam S. Taylor
Jack C. Shipman

Mechanic
Watts Taylor

Privates — First Class
Ross V. Fomby

James E. Lapthorn
Ralph E. Martin
William Monahan
Samuel E. Nelson
Luther L. Orrell
Thomas J. Smith
Manuel Valencia
Charles R. Woodcock

Privates
Richard W. Brasch
Ott Clark
Perfetto Crespin

Eddie Cross
Luther T. Uooley
Christian S. Halderman
Elmer E. Hawk
Harry Herrmann
W'illiam O. Hockman
Charles M. Lowriraore
John Matranga
Glenn C. Phelps
Leonard \. Pratt
Floyd J. Price
Jason Robinson

Bacillo Sella
James R. Stewart
Alberto Tognetti
George L. Wade
.\ce Weaver
George E. Wiltse
Charles W. Yerkes
Frank J. Ladman
Arthur S. Moore

AMBULANCE COMP.\NY No. 272

Sergeants

Jim'H. Barrett
Charles L. Halstead
.\lbert F. Ott
Louis H. Stephenson
Ernest C. Gallagher

Corporals
John L. Holly
George T. Kinner

Cook
Llovd L. Smith

1st Lieut. Clyde M. Speck, M.C.
1st Lieut. Oscar O. Meredith, M.C.

Mechanic
Fred H. Patterson

Privates — First Class
Marion E. Davis
Edward Gisch
Virgil W. Hamilton
Sylvester .\. Pledger
Calvin F. Shewbridge

Privates
Otto Bemdt
Sidney J. Dobbs

Osa W. Ford
Brj-an George
John J. Hassett
Leslie E. Hite
Joseph W. Lang
Homer K. Lemlev
Will J. Meyer
Joseph Nedlock
Herman B. Schuetze
WilUam P. Tobin
W'illiam Wedel
Harry Montgomery

1st Lieut. Lucien .\. Ledoux, M.C.
1st Lieut. Joseph F. McNaught,

Nickolas B. Knutson
Samuel N. Gallegos
WilUam H. Colwell
Eari L. O'Neill
Lester Logan
Wynne N. Hill
Robert Garcia
Christopher Goodwin, Jr.
Peter S. Marshik
Joseph Sarrica
Clvde E. Simmons
Tollie M. Clav

M.C.

Harmon W^ Fisher
Everett George
Jesse George
Theodore L. HUdebrand
George L. Hutchison
Ma.x W. Martens
Franklin T. Maj'se
Benlar Miller
James S. Poe
James O. Thompson
.■\dolph F. Uecker
Robert B. Williams

Sergeants
Leonard Pearson
Edward E. Dejarlais
Wade Godown

Corporab
Samuel R. Stratton
William S. Tuttle

SANITARY SQU.\D No. 103

Captain Delos L. Van Dine

Privates — First Class
Edward H. Eiberger
Emmett L. Finley
Edward T. Youngblood

Privates
John A. .\skew
Tronguelino Baca

Zem E. Boydstun
Ross C. Conrad
Ma>-nard E. Dewey
Benton H. Fuller
Clarence E. Gartland
Cecil H. Rinehart
Frank E. Simon

Sergeant — First Class
William H. Curran

Sergeants

Frank Brown
Ray C. .\nderson

SANITARY SQUAD No. 104

Captain James W. Conley, Medical Corps

Corporals Ernest O. Barfield

WilUamT.Daly ^'^^ii'L'fetLn

Glenn Dunlap (.j^^^i^^ p Qiosskruetz

Privates— First Cuss . , Pnjatfs

Andrew Buchmsky

Ben. C. Bahr

Lewis D. Coate

Joseph E. Cunningham
Floyd W. Gustine
John H. Hoslie
Horace Griggs
James B. Kibler
Grady Rosson
Erich Schmitz

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W. K. Lloyd

W. C. Moffett

SOME CHAPLAINS OF THE 18th DIVISION
Left to right
J. P. Thornbury Caesar Phares H. Haywood

Roy N. Spooner

M. V. Eusey

CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION COMPANY

Continued from page 281

John Rokita
Benjamin M. Ruffner
Malcolm M. Sample
George W. Sain
Pedro Sanchez
Perry Sanford
John W. R. Scantlin
Emas T. Schmidt
Jonas Schmidt
Alwin G. Schwab
Luke Scoma
John Seibel

Susane Welch
Olga Kuhlman
Mary E. Powers
Clara Lisch
Sophia Baxmyer
Helen Loughi
Ruth Harris
Lidia Weiremeyer
Mary Hail
Annie E. Walton
May McGee
Piccola Settle
Frances Thompson
Mary McNeil
Bertha Calcomb
Catherine Graham
Hanna Speagidt
Evelyn Trotter
Mary Phueimu
Gertrude R. Smith
L. S. Schaffer
Florence Dilly
Eugene LeStrourgenon

Julius Sigel
Homer J. Sherman
Earl J. Smith
Leroy A. Smith
Charlie Spohn
Thomas Spruance
Herbert H. Stautzenberger
Jesse R Steeley
William F. Stoldt
Walter Stoltenberg
Charlie D. Tassos
Everett T. Taylor

William R. Tharp
Charles E. Tucker
Luther B. Turner
Bryan Votaw
John T. Watkins, Jr.
Fred H Weber
Crate F. Weese
Ralph White
Charlie G. Wilkins
Roy L. Williams
Manuel Yznaga

Mess Sergeants

R. C. Peterson
Louis Pallaye
Roy Knowles
James F. McCowen

Cooks

Willie Lock
Seth Wood
Roy A. Magnuson

NURSES— BASE HOSPITAL

Continued

Elsie H. Wohlfahrt
Annie E. Huster
Besta Pender
Mary Whittier
Marguert Bready
Mable H. Humphry
Katherine Kavanagh
Mamie Carter
Justania Verhey
Lennie J. Sunthers
Ella Winsell
Gertrude L. Frank
Bertha Manor
Martha Beck
Iva Daniel
Mary O. Fisher
Mary E. Fisher
Charlotte Douglas
Nema McShea
Wilhelmine Lute
Annie E. Thorj)
Dorothy E. Hansen
Marv- C. Becknell

from page 286

Frances Berger
Verna A. Blackley
Aline Anderson
Edith Foot
Edna Woodford
Louise Sattelee
Katherine Slockum
Rose M. Thomas
Opal Goldsbern.'
Elizabeth Rees
Helen Teubner
Josephine Teubner
Bessie Curtis
Johanna McNolIy
Ina M. Voge
Virgina Edwards
Belva Hudson
Alma Johansen
Lara Samuel
Nobie Latta
Jeneva Ronald
EUie L. Gardiner
Lillian M. Mcjimsey

Lee S. Estes
Fred Lehde
John Hacay
OlUe Mattl'ingly
C. C. Carroll
Charles Brinkmeyer
Stanley Zawadzki
Michael S. Gotch
Hubert R. Smith
James B. Adams
Leonard E. Haug

Minnie M. Munsen
Bessie L. Harris
Mary B. Clark
Catherine Hayes
Lucy M. Groves
Florence Manser
Goldie A. Murphv
Ethel Bard
Marion Garbarine
Alva Dinckerson
Mary Tennery
Noma Longworth
Mamie McCarthy
Maud Berch
Loretta Wrenwick
Marguerte McDougal
Catherine Reildelback
Alma BuUard
Willie M. Marvin
Verne Dunlao

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they had some little physical defect that disquahfied them,
but which could easily be remedied if there had been time
or way. But in the throes of the first organization these
men were simply discarded and sent home. As they could
not, however, be given a permanent discharge on such
grounds, the remedy of sending them back home was only
temporary, and when the next draft came in these men
came back again and the whole thing had to be done over.

But out of the first inadequacy the present excellent
system has been developed. Now a man is given the
opportunity of having his defects corrected, he is trained
in some particular way, or if he is illiterate or has never
learned the English language, he is taught to read and
write. The development work, at Camp Travis, of Group
No. 6, which has the capacity of approximately 4,500
men, is in three battalions.

In the Sixteenth Battalion are the orthopedic cases.
Here men who have flat feet are given shoes that correct
the defect. Various exercises have been dev-ised to
strengthening the weak muscles. A man walks up an
incline on his tip-toes and down on his heels; he walks on
a little trough contrivance that makes his feet turn in, and
in this way and others the trouble with his feet is corrected.

The Seventh Battalion is devoted to special medical
cases. In the Eighteenth Battalion are the illiterates, the
post-operatives, the aliens, and alien enemies and the
conscientious objectors.

The educational and physical development work are the
two phases that hold out hope and encouragement. The
story of the man who wrote the first letter to his wife

after he had been taught to read and write in the develop-
ment battalion, is matched by another example of what
corrective medical work can do.

The man came in the first draft from East Texas, and
in his physical examination it was found that he had a bad
leg and was unfit for service. He was sent home but not
discharged. With the next draft, back came the man.
Still nothing had been done to his leg, and still he was unfit
for service. Again he was sent home, but he still could
not be discharged. Third draft, back comes the man to
Camp Travis, bad leg worse and less fit for service than
ever. This time, however, he was sent to the development
battalion. There he was turned over to the physicians
and surgeon, who made a thorough and comprehensive
study of his case. An operation was decided upon. This
had now been performed and the man is recovering rapidly
in the Base Hospital. After three weeks of convalescence,
these operative cases are brought back to the development
battalion where they are given the particular physical
training suited to their needs. The battalion has a com-
plete and well-equipped gymnasium where all kinds of
physical upbuilding is carried on. About 2,500 men work
in that gymnasium daily. North of the buildings is a
large athletic field, where track meets, base-ball games,
and various athletic events are held. The regular military
drills are also carried out by those advanced in training.
These exercises take up practically the whole of the
morning. The afternoon is devoted largely to educational
work, and the day is finished with regimental parade at
5.45 three afternoons in the week.

OFFICERS— HEADQUARTERS DE\'ELOPMENT GROUP— 165th DEPOT BRIGADE

Reading left to right
Captain Kirkwood Otey Major Joseph T. Roundtree 1st Lieut. W. S. Hunnicut

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THEY TRAINED SINGERS, PLAYERS AND FIGHTERS

Left to right — Front row: Bud Goodwin, athletic director; Johnny Coulon, boxing director

Top row: Wade Boteler, dramatic director; Carl Venth, band director; Herbert Wall, song leader

MAKING THOSE IDLE HOURS MERRY

Commission on Training Camp Activities Develops Soldiers Into
Singers, Entertainers and Sportsmen

SOON after the United States was drawn into the world
war, and the young men of the nation began pouring
into the training camps by the thousands, leaving
behind them their homes, families, and all the social rela-
tionships to which they were accustomed, it became ap-
parent that some agency must be instituted for the purpose
of supplying some sort of substitute for these things. Ac-
cordingly Secretary Baker appointed the War Department
Commission on Training Camp Activities, which was
charged with the responsibility of cultivating and conserv-
ing the manhood and man power of America's fighting
forces. This work was accomplished by means of a com-
prehensive program of recreational and educational activi-
ties. Specialists were sent into all the camps to supervise
the training of the men in mass singing, athletics, bo.xing
and hand-to-hand fighting, dramatic entertainment, and
many other subjects.

Mass singing has been recognized as one of the strongest
factors in morale upbuilding. It smooths out the dis-
agreeable, trying difficulties connected with the training
grind, and inspires the men in time of danger. General
Pershing once cabled: "Send me more singing regiments,"
and it has been said many times that the best singing unit
is generally the best drilling unit. The song leader con-
ducts mass singing, and trains assistant leaders for each
military unit. Mr. Herbert Wall, the commission song
leader for Camp Travis, has done splendid work in de-
veloping the singing spirit of the men, and has been instru-
mental in uniting camp and community life by carrying
on regular sings in San Antonio as well as in the camp.

As a result of the commission organization, athletics in
the army supplements military training, besides serving
as recreation. Mr. Budd Goodwin, camp athletic director,
was in charge of this work at Camp Travis. Mr. Goodwin
is famous as an athlete, and his efforts in promoting base-
ball, football, track competitions, and swimming, brought
the athletic standards of the camp up to a high
mark.

Instruction in boxing and hand-to-hand fighting in
Camp Travis was organized by Mr. Johnny Coulon,
former bantam-weight champion of the world, in co-
operation with Mr. Goodwin. The boxing develops quali-
ties fundamental for success in bayonet fighting, and the
hand-to-hand fighting prepares the soldier for the emer-
gency of becoming disarmed in combat. Entirely apart
from the gain of technical proficiency, the men so trained
acquire a large amount of confidence.

The work of the Department of Dramatic Activities of
the commission consists in developing the self-entertaining
possibilities of the men along theatrical lines. The
dramatic director promoted and assisted in the organization
of entertainment units within the military units, and
stood ready to give instruction along dramatic lines to
soldiers with talent. In Camp Travis this work has been
carried on by Mr. Wade Boteler, stage-director and
dramatic educator, formerly associated with the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York City. Mr. Carl
Venth, camp band master, worked in conjunction with the
Camp Singing Director, in arranging regular "sings" and
special events, both indoor and out.

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OFFICERS— 18th TRAIN HEADQUARTERS AND MILITARY POLICE

Left to right

Major DeForrest W. Morton Captain John M. Hite Major Herbert R. Dean Major E. L. Goar

Captain Chas. B. Owens Chaplajn Peter M. Curry Lieut. Jas. Mclver

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LIBEItTV THEATRE

The "Liberty Theatre," originally known as the Ma-
jestic Camp Theatre, was erected by the Interstate
Amusement Company, at a cost of approximately $47,-
000.00. With a matinee on January 6, 1918, the theatre
was opened, showing high-class vaudeville. On July 29,
1918, the building and all equipment was purchased by
the commission on Training Camp Activities, and the
name changed to Liberty Theatre. Seating capacity of
the building is 1963, and it was taxed many times, to

accommodate the enthusiastic audiences. The playhouse
was a success from the very beginning, due to the fact
that the management produced nothing but the best and
cleanest of amusements. The variety of attractions in-
cluded vaudeville, musical comedy, stock, feature pictures
of the highest order, and various large road attractions. An
important factor in making this and other similar theatres
a success, was "Smileage." These coupons furnished
thousands of soldiers with good, wholesome entertainment.

QUARTERMASTER CORPS DETACHMENT
Continued from page S80

Corporals — Continued
Benjamin F. Owens
Maurice Dalkowitz
Max Finkel
Matthias D. Miller
Erich P. Haye
Emil Labroche
William B. Phelps
Joseph Rubin
Andrew Walraven
WiUiam SchoU
Charles W. Cleveland
Charles F. Lovell
.\bel J. Boerema
Elmer G. Barker
George E. Garner
Alfred L. Cameron
Cari E. Wright
Guy S. Nailling
Herbert Vogelpohl
Max S. Riglander
Edwin F. Falvey

Wagoners
James Cobb
Cari D. Merritt
Ferdinand R. Pursch

Cooks
.\rchie M. Closson
Gurtie O'Neal Trout
Claud Hunt

Privates — First Class
Axel V. .\nderson
Roman Beaver
Richard W. CahiU

Jonathan Corum
John H. Dahlstrom
Ralph J. Deane
Herman Doebbler
Frank Heron
Elgin Klaemer
Joe Prda
Robert T. PuUen
-Archie Real
Fritz W. Stromeyer
August J. Weilbacher
Conrad W. Wilke

Privates
Tony .-^ngonia
Ernest Y. Ayers
Willie Baron
Leon Batchelor
Samuel .\. Beane
Carl S. Beaver
Herman T. Bridges
Al\-in L. Brodt
Ed. C. Burch
Willie M. Burnett
Leon Burras
Bruce E. Cannoy
Mills A. CoUard
Leiand S. Cook
Halbert G. Cooper
Frank W. Cox
Mansel F. Crandal
Field F. Cunningham
Walter M. Davis
Harry R. Deringer
Henrj- C. Doherty
Grover C. Durham
WiU Eisfeld

Raymond W. EUiston
OUver L. Estes
Gerald H. Ferguson
Weldon E. Forester
John Franke
August E. Gerlach
Yandell G. GUbert
Claude R. Goodwin
Robert W. Grant
Aubrey B. Hamilton
Walter Hanson
WiUiam W. Harper
William AL Havens
Murray B. Herring
Henn,- J. Hochstetter
Clarence T. Hubble
Ralph O. Hungerford
George S. Hutto
John C. Hyden
William .'\. Jackson
Edward Krems
Charley Leschikar
Isadore J. Levinson
Lewis J. Lewis Jr.
Walter B. Lipscomb
Milton Littell
Jke Lo wen thai
Joe F. Manka
George S. Mansell
John H. Manuel
John R. Maurer
George E. Moore
Emil F. Muennink
Charles C. McAnally
James F. McCormick
Floyd D. McCoy
Waiter E. McGlumphy

Victor W. Northen

George Oldham

Henry L. Page

Eugene J. Parton

Charles S. Perry

Art E. Pettitt

John J. Phelan

Tony Plagens

Levi G. Pondrom

Stewart F. Porter

Will J. Psencik

Gordon F. Race

Alvin Rahe

Clarence Saxon

Hubbard M. Schulenberger

Oscar Semar

Herbert M. Shelton

Herbert G. Shuddemagen

Willard B. Skelton

Max F. Steck

Clifford O. Stephens

Philip E. Tanis

Adolph Tehas

Walter L. Tompkins

."Mlie W. Trumbo

Robert M. Turner

Joseph V. Ulrich

Otto J. Weber

Samuel A. West

Robert H. Will

Robert C. WiUiams

Milton Williamson

Morris Wolfson

Aaron E. Wood

William O. Wood

Edward E. Wulf

Thomas J. Young

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Privates — Continued
Michael P. Leahy
Manuel Leal
Malcolm A. Lee
Charles Letukes
Fritz E. Levermann
Bernard Lewis
Frederic A. Lewis
Thomas L. Limmer
John E. Little
Ernest H. Loveless
James M. Loyless
Silas M. Luck
William C. Lynch
Allen F. McClanahan
Merton J. MacLean
Carl McDaniel
William McDavid
William D. McGee
Herbert McHughcs
Isaac E. McKelvey
Joseph D. McNutt
George H. McWhorter
Dockie D. Manuel
Granville F. Maples
Harry M alley
William Marks
Charlie E. Martin
Ezra S. Martin
William J. Martin
Ira D. Masters
Clarence R. Matter
John S. Matthews
George B. May6eld
Sam A. Mazurek
William J. Meckel
Emeryn C. Meroney
Lewis Meyers
George F. Miller
Solomon Mitchell
John B. Montgomery

Vernon W. Montgomery
Jake Moore
Danzil M. Morehouse
John M. Moreland
Ernest D. Morris
Sam Morris
Cecil B. Morrow
Fred A. Moser
William Murphy
Mack Nettleship
Elon Nulk
William B. Nutz
Peter R. Oaks
Louis Oden
Vernal D. Orr
O. B. Duard Osteen
Andrew M. Owens
Charles J. Pack
Robert F. Page
Vincent Pala
Gus Palmer
James H. Palmer
Seab B. Passmore
Huling H. Parker
Robert H. Parker
John A. Page
Christian E. Paxson
Oscar Payne
Roy Lee Pearson
Edward Pennison
John E. Perrion
William M. Peterson
Jesse E. Pcttv
Brooxy B, Plielph
Antonio PigHacampo
Elw>"n E. Plew
Edward L. Price
William H. Puett
Rudolph Purgason
William G. Quick
George T. Ralph

UTILITIES DETACHMENT
Continued from page $78

Robert L. Randolph
Albert S. Ray
Edward C. Rayes
John H. Read
Robert Reagan
Charles W. Reed
James C. Reed
Gladney H. Riddle
Ira H. Riddle
Harry Riggs
Louis P. Rilling
Clarence A. Roberts
Clay H. Roberts
Max P. Rochow
Sullivan Rock
Virginius V. Rodrigues
Clyde R. Rowan
Claude W. Ruffner
Harry V. Rumbelow
Rafael Salinas
William J. Salter
Joseph A. Samp
Jose Sanchez
Tony Santino
Elmer Eli Shaw
Walter W. Schmidt
John W. Scott
Wood F. Scott
Harvey E. Screws
Albert D. Seay
Henry Sederholm
Giuseppe Seferino
James F. Sheats
Homer E. Shelton
Harvie P. Shockley
Hart Shoemaker
Hullette R. Short
Pelligrino Simi
Billy Sisson
Edgar Skaggs
Charlie Smith

Cloyd D. Smith
Custer Smith
George A. Smith
Pink Smith
Sim Smith
William T. Smith
Frank H. Snyder
William G. Sparks
Gerald F. Speights
Charles F. Sodolak
Walter L. Stegall
Hugh Stevens
Charlie W. Stewart
Charley L. Stone
John D. Stoneham
John T. Strohley
Gustave A. Stuebner, Jr.
Joseph A. Stumpf
Jay D. Sudderth
Harry A. Sullivan
Neil Sullivan
Thurbert P. Sweeden
George R. Swetnam
George C. Swillev
Rufus M. Teakeil
Otto E. Tegeler
Andrew J. Terry
Jim Theodorian
Lynch A. Thomas
Louis B. Thomason
Chas. P. Thompson
Edgar E. Thompson
Andrew J. Thornell
Alfred C. Thorsfeldt
Henry G. Thurman
Willie E. Ticmann
Early J. Tierce
Arthur W. Tierney
Wyley E. Timmons
Carl Titsworth
David O. Tramp

Oscar Trapolino
Leon G. Traweek
George C. Tucker
Lee W. Turner
William H. Turner
William N. Twaddle
Ira D. Ussery
Edward R. Vaught
Lavert Veach
Earl H. Voss
Samuel Walker
Charles E. Wallace
August J. Wallisch
Ezra D. Ward
Goebel Washington
Lee Watson
Robert W. Watters
Theodore J. Weaver
Edward A. Wehmeyer
Rudolph Wehring
Leonard Welstead
Henry Wertz
Chauncey A. West
Joseph Wetzel
Starlcy B. Whisenhunt
Charles C. Whitney
Lawrence J. Wilkes
Allen W. Williams
Henry J. Williams
Wilbume O. Williams
Evert W. Wilson
Preston G. Wilson
Ivy L. Woodward
George Wright
John L. Wright
Craig Yates
Noble Vates
Juan Ybarra
Frank L. Voder
James L. York
Roy Young

DETACHMENT MEDICAL DEPARTMENT— BASE HOSPITAL

Continued from page 2S5

Solon E. Rose
Phillips Rosenstein
LeRoy B. Rudder
Gus. Rumble
Juan Sanchez
Sherman F. Sander
Hilmer Schaetter
Henry L. Schmidt
Valierie Schneider
Frederick Schoellmann
William W. Scott
Fred W. Schultz
Walter W. Shewmake

John Sebastian
Wiley E. Seward
Joseph A. Sewcll
Edward J. Shearer
William H. Simmons
Howard Sims
Oscar N. Smelser
David P. Smiley
Arthur W. Smith
Clifton H. Smith
Walter V. Smith
Olive W. Sormrude
Arthur L. Ostrum

Robert C. Stephens
William G. Strunce
Joe E. Stuart
Benjamin Suggs
Claude F. Suggs
Edward W. Taylor
Frank M. Taylor
Jeff S. Thigpin
William G. Thomas
William D. Thomason
Willie S. Thomason
Oliver C. Towery
Wyatt B. Townsend

Hollis E. Trimm
Claud Tucker
Curtis C. Tucker
William A. Tyson
Fred W. Ulrich
Fritz B. Underwood
George S. Vandusen
Gardie R. Wade
John E. Wade
Marks A. Waldrop
Albert Warner
Fred T. Weir
George A. Weems

George F. Westerburg
John White
John White
Charles R. Williams
I^ouis A. Willis
Loyd F. Wilson
William G. Wilson
Alexander Wofford
Charlton B. Wood
Erastus L. Wright
Robert L. Wright
Frank Zimmerman, Jr.

CAMP HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
Continued from page 2S8

Privates First Class — Con.
Jot A. Redburn
Emil A. Riedel
Clarence C. Roof
Leonard H. Slawson
Clarence E. Tompkins
Proctor K. Wathen
George E. Williams
Walter George Wolfraum
Francis N. McCord

Privates
Sydney E. Adkisson
Benjamin F. Baker
Herbert G. Baker
James J. Bonner
Bernard C. Bartzen
Willie Baron
Frank O. Bay
Herman E. Becker
Joe E. Belitz

Charles B. Berry
Allen W. Boyd
Henrj' R. Cook
John D. Conner
Gus L. Corey
Roy A. Cooper
James A. Chenoweth
Preston B. Cox
Alois J. Dostalik
Sam M. Dobie
Samuel B. Davis
Hardv E. Dillard
John T. Drumble
James E. Durio
Robert W. Eckhardt
Stephen F. EUedge
Odie L. EUerbee
Edward T. Elmendorf
Abe Fox

Joshua C. Fowler
Aubrey B. Bathings

Paul C. GUI
William A. Glascow
Edwin Goodwin
James E. Gurlev
William B. Goo'dlow
Nathan Goldberg
John B. Herring
James Hopson
Jesse E. Huey
Frank E. Hoover
Emil HoUien
Joseph W. Hatachell
Samuel F. Holmes
Edward W. Holverson
Herman O. Harrison
Gustav Hein
Walter P. Jones
Thaddeus E. Johson
Grover C. Johncon
Edmond J. Jares
Daniel Kennedv

Arthur J. Klein
Euel J. Kirkpatrick
John King
Lee M. Kenyon
Homer R. Kelly
Girard Loomis
Newton Lassiter
Chassie E. Ligon
Bernard Lara
Chester I. Longside
Asa L. Lewis
Elmer E. Latham
James H. Langston
Joseph G. Lafontaine
Laure McFarland
William C. McLaurine
Irwin R. May
Winfree Meachum
Emil J. Mills
Leland M. Morton
Emil J. Marquardsen

Richard Madden
Jesse H. Neuman
Edwin Niggle
Story Pottinger
Frederick W. Panciera
Elmore J. Rack
Kenney L. Riggs
Maxie C. Royals
Frank H. Reichert
Arthur W. Shillings
Willie Sellers
E. Saley

Arthur G. Schroeder
Robert E. Taylor
Albert P. Talbert
Albert L. Taylor
Cleve Thorn
Harvey B. Varnum
Neil B. Wyllie
Kolman Weinberger
Lennie H. Wilkinson

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THE STAFF— "CAMP TRAVIS AND ITS PART IN THE WORLD WAR"

MAJOR E. B. JOHNS

Chairman Committee on Publication

Editorial Staff

CAPT. PARKHURST L. WHITNEY

Editor-in-Chief

1st LIEUT. PHILLIP HERRIN
Assodate Editor

MAJOR W. B. TUTTLE
Associate Editor

MAJOR FELIX KERRICK

Associate Editor

E. L. HAWES

Y. M. C. A.
Associate Editor

ERNEST L. PRIEST

Editor "Trench and Camp"
Associate Editor

J. J. O'CONNELL

Secretary Knights oj Columbus
Associate Editor

Advertising

SERGT. BERNARD R. O'CONNOR PRIVATE J. S. MacHENRY PRIVATE N. A. CANTY

Circulation

2nd LIEUT. B. V. BRADY SERGT. REY E. CHATFIELD SERGT. HENRY L. GOSSMAN
SERGT. A. G. WOODS SERGT. LEWIS T. PRICE

Art

CHAPLAIN RAY F. CAMP SERGT. J. B. OHLSON CORP. SCHAFFER

PRIVATE S. L. BRANNON

J Last fVord

^\NE thinks of the making of a book as a leisurely process, beginning at some remote period
yj in the brain of its author, thence progressing by slow stages through the various phases of
writing, editing, printing and bin it ng, finally to reach the book stands and library shelves
of the book seller and the reader. Undoubtedly some books are so made. This book was not.
Nor did the sta_ff have any guide to smooth the way of compilation. Magazine writers have added
much to the horrors of war with their stories of life in the army, but "Camp Travis and Its Part
in the World War" is the first complete history of a great cantonment. This is all by way of an
explanation for slight errors, for it is inconceivable that in the rush to press some errors have not
crept in and staid in. In compiling the book the staff has received invaluable assistance from
many persons; in fact, without the co-operation of many minds a work of such size could not
have been completed. The picture of Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, which appears in the
fore part of the book is from a copyright photograph by Underwood &• Underwood, New York.
The pictures of General Peyton C. March and General John J. Pershing are from copyright
photographs by Clinedinst, Washington, D. C.

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Reminiscence

Oft on the eve of lonely nights,
When the peaceful western world's aglow
And Heaven sinks to candle lights,
You'll hear a call so soft and low ;
You'll live the days that are no more.
And know 'twas then you did your best.
You'll miss the throb of tramping feet,
The heavy pack and rifle sling.
When labor never seemed so sweet,
Knowing not what days would bring.

You'll wish that you were back again.
Back with the rank and file of old,
Sharing life with lads now slain.
To hear anew the tales they told.
But time doth drift you on and on,
Leaving memory in its wake.
The trail that leads to days bygone.
The trail that you shall never take.

— Lieut. W. E. Hicks

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An Honor List

THE BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS
which follow should be of particular
interest to the men who trained at Camp
Travis, and of equal interest to their relatives
and friends.

The men and firms whose names are mentioned
are American men and American firms.
Through fair dealing to men in the Service
they contributed to the successful prosecution
of the war, and the Committee on Publication
is glad to accord them a place in the history of
the cantonment.

A study of these announcements will partic-
ularly interest the many soldiers who have
painful memories of the war's eflFect upon the
prices of merchandise.

There are no profiteers in this list.

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"EFFICIENCY"

Through our Efficient Service
and Undisputable Merchandise

"QUALITY"

have we been able to enjoy the
Liberal Patronage of the

Camp Canteens of Camp Travis

and others throughout the
United States

Jobbers of Army Supplies
and Furnishing Goods

for the Soldier and Civilian

"PLAZA BRAND" FOR "QUALITY"
MANUFACTURERS OF
SIDE -LACE LEGGINS

Chas. Davis Company

101 S. FLORES ST.

PHONE CRO. 2835

Stop, Look,
Listen !

I am the man who made

your Company Picture.

Also various other scenes

of interest.

Copies may be obtained by
mailing $1.2d to

C. A. STEAD

306 KAMPMANN BLDG.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

J. T. Hamner

San Antonio, Texas

Crispi's Fresh Home
Made Candies

Five-cent packages a specialty

THE SOLDIERS' DELIGHT

Manufactured by the

D. A. CRISPI MANUFACTURING COMPANY
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

SNAPPY PICTURES

SNAPPY SERVICE

M. F. Weaver Photo Service

Photographer for

History of Camp Travis

Panoramas of

Camps, Regiments, Companies, Conventions and Views

Bathing Girl Panoramas

DupHcaU prints securely wrapped and mailed ort receipt of $1 J85

15 Appman Building
Phone. Crockett 1227

121 W. HOUSTON STREET
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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AND OTHER TECHNICAL COURSES

Cavalry, Polo, E>quitatIon, Artillery,
Infantry, Navigation.

ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION FOR ENTRANCE OR RETURN TO COLLEGE.
SUPERVISED RECREATION. ALL SUMMER SPORTS.

POST-WAR TRAINING FOR YOUNG MEN OF 14 to 21 YEARS-
ACADEMIC. TECHNICAL, MILITARY AND NAVAL— WITH
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT OWNED BY CAMP— UNDER EXPERI-
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(retired) AND UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS.

Third Encampment, Eight Weeks

BEGINNING JULY 1, 1919

THIRD YEAR OF A PERMANENT INSTITUTION.

MAINTENANCE AND TRAINING, INCLUDING CHOICE OF A

TECHNICAL COURSE— FULL TERM. $300.

For Catalogue and Information, address Intelligence Officer,

JUNIOR PLATTSBURG, 9 East 43th St., New York

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AND THE HISTORY OF

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Are so closely interwoven that one is not com-
plete without the other.

LA PERL.\ is the favorite beverage of all
officers and enlisted men stationed at Camp
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Drink LA PERLA when you are thirsty. It
has the snap, the sparkle and the old-time deli-
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/^UR part in the life
^^ of CAMP TRAVIS

consisted in furnishing
the best quahty of milk,
ice cream and service.

Nothing could please us
more than to have this
opportunity of placing
a record of our per-
formance before the
men whom we served.

RIEGLER

ICE CREAM
COMPANY

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These Three Publications, enjoying that confidence of reader and advertiser that is won by

value and honesty, are published by

THE EXPRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY

San Antonio, Texas.

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ESTABLISHED 1885

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EIGHTH AND AUSTIN STS.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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Invalids a Specialty of Ours
Strawberry and Chocolate Milk
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